Mr Friedman said this was futile: governments simply had to adopt a stable monetary framework.By this he meant setting a target for the growth of the money supply, a rule known as monetarism.

• 但弗里德曼说这些做法根本是没用的，"政府必须采用稳健货币政策，意思是政府必须为增长的货币供应量设定相应的目标限制，这种规则就是货币主义"。