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Anna Schwartz, Economist Friedman’s Co-Author, Dies at 96

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Anna Schwartz, an economist and co-author with Milton Friedman of a book on monetary policy that shaped the views of central bankers including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, has died. She was 96.

She died yesterday at her home in Manhattan after a long illness, said her daughter, Naomi Pasachoff.