Velde, François - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - 2006
Suppose the nominal money supply could be cut literally overnight by, say, 20%. What would happen to prices, wages …, output? The answer can be found in 1720s France, where just such an experiment was carried out, repeatedly. Prices adjusted … instantaneously and fully on one market only, that for foreign exchange. Prices on other markets (such as commodities) as well as …