Below is the obit for Anna Schwartz writen by my friend Walker Todd of American Institute for Economic Research -- Chris
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Anna Jacobson Schwartz, 1915-2012
Written by Walker F. Todd, PhD, JD, and Enrolled Agent, Research Fellow
Friday, 29 June 2012
One of the great American monetary economists, Anna Schwartz, died
Thursday, June 21, 2012, in New York City. She was 96 years old.
I first met Anna Schwartz in 1987, and we subsequently became friends.
Anna knew several of the monetary scholars who attended AIER’s summer
programs, and she visited and contributed articles to AIER over the
last 15 years or so.
Anna was best known as co-author with Milton Friedman of A Monetary
History of the United States, 1867-1960 (1963). She also was the staff
director of the United States Gold Commission, 1981-1982. Critics
sometimes misinterpret the Commission’s final report. They say that
the report should have taken a forthright stand in favor of the return
of the gold standard.
In a telephone interview during AIER’s May 2004 conference on the
feasibility of resuming the gold standard, Anna observed that the
staff could report only recommendations that the Commission was
prepared to make. Most members of the Commission were willing to go
only so far as to recommend that the U.S. Treasury issue commemorative
gold coins.
Anna noted that President Ronald Reagan was presumably in favor of the
return of gold and that he appointed several members of the
commission, including members of the executive branch. As she put it,
the Republican appointees were waiting for a signal from the White
House that never came. Her own role frequently was misunderstood, but
she faithfully reported the actual state of mind of that commission,
as was her custom. Rest in peace, Anna, for an intellectual life well
lived.
—Walker F. Todd, Research Fellow
Below are links to some of Anna's articles:
"Globalization"—Sep, 2007
"What to do About the Dollar"—Jan, 2007
"The 1981-82 Gold Commission"—May, 2004
"Risks to the Long-Term Stability of the Euro"—Sept, 2004
"What to Do About the Dollar"—May, 2005
"Bailout’s Purchase Plan Remains Unclear"—Oct, 2008
"Geithner in an Ideal World"—Mar, 2009
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