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Quantitative equations and their analytical reach

ABSTRACT

This article presents a review of literature and debates on quantity equations and monetary theory. It follows the outlines of a general critique on the concept of velocity of circulation of money and the inconsistency of the neoclassical assumptions. And it ends up by concluding that quantity equations are not important to the development of a monetary theory.

KEYWORDS:
Economic methodology; history of economic thought; velocity of circulation of money

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