EDITOR'S NOTE.

• Author: Dorn, J.A.
• Position: Editorial

This issue of the Cato Journal is dedicated to Allan H. Meltzer who passed away on May 8, 2017. Allan spoke at the 1st Annual Monetary Conference in 1983 and many thereafter. He was a frequent contributor to the Cato Journal, a friend, and mentor. He will be sorely missed.

The 16 monetary articles in this issue were originally presented at the Cato Institute's 35th Annual Monetary Conference, "The Future of Monetary Policy," on November 16, 2017. The conference was hosted by Cato's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives and generously supported by a grant from the George Edward Durell Foundation. I thank the Durell board members for their continuing support of the Annual Monetary Conference and the authors for their assistance in preparing their papers for publication.

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