Explaining the fame of Friedman’s Presidential Address
指出弗里德曼在美国经济学会的主席演讲虽缺乏革命性内容，却被高度评价，并分析了其声誉在五年后突然提升的四种可能原因。
Abstract It is noted that although in fact it lacks the revolutionary content commonly ascribed to it, Friedman’s Presidential Address to the American Economic Association is very highly regarded as an original and formative contribution. It is argued that close attention to the literature shows that it was not initially seen as original, and only after an interval of five years did the idea of its revolutionary status retrospectively, but suddenly become widely accepted. The explanation of this change of view is considered. Four explanations are suggested: one involving terminological confusion, one involving a change in theoretical priorities, and two involving debates of the 1970s, which, although they did not in fact do so, appeared to build on Friedman’s presentation, and by this appearance gave it an undeserved stature.