This interpretation makes a certain kind of sense, but it relies on a critical assumption. Friedman and Schwartz’s prescription would have worked only if interest rates and what economists call the “velocity of money” – the rate at which money changes hands – were largely independent of one another.
这一解读不无道理，但它依赖一个关键假设。弗里德曼和施瓦茨的药方只有在利率和经济学家所谓的“货币周转速度”——即货币转手的速度——基本互相独立的情况下才有效。