RIP Anna J. Schwartz
Anna Schwartz was probably the greatest monetarist economist of the second half of the twentieth century.
Milton Friedman:
Anna did all the work, and I got most of the recognition...
UPDATE: Methinks Michael Bordo is misquoted in the New York Times obituary. Let me fix it:
NY Times:
AfterEven before Mr. Friedman’s death in 2006, Mrs. Schwartz “became the standard-bearer” ofFriedmanmonetarism, said Michael D. Bordo, a professor of economics at Rutgers University and for decades a Schwartz collaborator himself.
Though “not a deep theorist,”"A superb analyst and empiricist," he said, Mrs. Schwartz was “probablyamong the very bestwomanmonetarist economist*s* of the 20th century.”