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Anna Schwartz

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Anna Schwartz · Economics & Business

What

Economist

When

1915, New York City, United States — 2012, New York City, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Anna Schwartz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Economist

How & why

Anna Jacobson Schwartz was an American economist who, with Milton Friedman, wrote 'A Monetary History of the United States, 1867–1960', arguing that monetary policy failures deepened the Great Depression — a work central to monetarism. She spent her career at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Born to a Jewish family, she was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists