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December 3, 2014 8:49AM 

# Money, Economic Growth, and the Fed 

By [George Selgin](https://www.cato.org/people/george-selgin) 

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That’s the title of [my contribution](http://www.cato.org/publications/cato-online-forum/money-economic-growth-fed) to Cato’s online forum on [“Reviving Economic Growth.”](http://www.cato.org/conference-forum/reviving-economic-growth) The forum anticipates a conference on “The Future of U.S. Economic Growth” being held at Cato all day tomorrow.

My forum piece is an edited version of a somewhat longer paper I plan to publish separately.

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