Hayek´s Accelerationism: A Rectification

The analogy between Hayekian monetary dynamics and the Friedman/Phelps accelerationist hypothesis is more problematic than some commentators have been prepared to admit. Hayek´s presentation of the 1930s did not produce a convincing argument in defense of the proposition that accelerating inflation was the inevitable logical consequence of permitting a process of forced saving to continue. On the other hand the Austrian emphasis on the unsustainability of a policy-induced boom, which is logically implied by the model, remains quite appropriate.