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David Laidler (1938)

Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.

Born 1938

David Ernest William Laidler is an English/Canadian economist who has been one of the foremost scholars of monetarism. He published major economics journal articles on the topic in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His book, The Demand for Money, was published in four editions from 1969 through 1993, initially setting forth the stability of the relationship between income and the demand for money and later taking into consideration the effects of legal, technological, and institutional changes on the demand for money. The book has been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and Chinese.

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Where the papers are held

The surviving papers of David Laidler (1938) are held at University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services.

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Cite this entry

David Laidler (1938). “Archival papers.” Economists’ Papers, https://www.economistspapers.org.uk/laidler-david-1938/ (accessed 2 Aug 2026).