Apply the Quantity Theory of Money First Presented in Chapter

question 29

Essay

Apply the Quantity Theory of Money first presented in Chapter 3 to the wartime economy of World War II (1941-45).Using Table 26.2,quantify the changes in the money supply from 1940 to 1945.Explain why these changes did not lead to the rapid inflation one would predict using this theory.

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