Moneterizm szk srk ue uzun silre Chicago Universitesi iktisatplanndan Milton Friedman ile birlikte anzlmzgtrr. Dar anlamda monetarizm, paranin eski miktar teorisinin yeniden ele alznmaszdzr. Monetaristler icin nominalgelirdeki degiSikliklerin apklanmaszndapara arzz en bayilk etmendir. Dahagenig anlamda monetarizm ekonominin istikrarl~lz@nz, piyasa mekanizmas~nin etKinliBnin, nominal gelir ve fiyatlar iizerindepara arm nrn etkisini, duruma gore maliyepolitikasznzn istikrar bozucu etkilerini (we ekonomi ilzerinde hiikilmet mildahalelerinin istikrar bozucu etkilerini) ueparasal iglerin yarzltzllmesinde onceden saptanmzg kurallann anulandzBnz uurgulamaktadzr. 

Monetarism' is most after associated with long-time Uniuersitiy of Chicago economist Milton Friedman. In a veriy narrow sernse, monetarism is a restatement of old quantity theory. For monetarists, changes in the money supply are the mqjor factor explaning changes in the underlying stability of the economy, the influence of the money supply on nominal income andprice, the destabilizing effects of discretionary fiscal policy (and most gouernment of intervention into the economy) and the desirability of fixed rules in the conduct of monetq affairs.