
Allan Meltzer
Allan H Meltzer was the distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and the professor of political economy at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.
He died on May 8, 2017.
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Articles by Allan Meltzer
Archive – EMU: a sceptical US view
Allan Meltzer explains why he is worried about union by back door; first published in November 1997
Reviving the faltering euro economy
Asset purchases by the ECB won't help differences in production costs
Three strikes against the Federal Reserve
Fed policies contributing to sluggish US economic recovery
Towards a global monetary policy
US monetary policy must change as the dollar’s dominance wanes, writes Allan H. Meltzer
Towards a global monetary policy
US monetary policy must change as the dollar’s dominance wanes, writes Allan H. Meltzer.
Federal Reserve policy as shown by its history
Much of the independence won by Paul Volcker has been surrendered in the recent crisis, says Allan H. Meltzer
Allan Meltzer dismisses calls for Fed action
The following article by Allan H. Meltzer, university professor of political economy at Carnegie Mellon, and a member of Central Banking's editorial board, was published in the Wall Street Journal on September 15. It provides an incisive analysis of the…
Greenspan’s legacy
Allan Meltzer explains how Alan Greenspan’s leadership of the Fed has re-written the rules of monetary-policy making.
Rational and irrational bubbles
How should central banks react to “irrational exuberance”? Central banks cannot burst what they cannot see, contends Allan Meltzer.