1.  According to monetary theory, advocated by economists such as Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, excessive money growth is inherently inflationary if sustained over long periods.

2.  Now, he compounds his maverick reputation with his present Democrat-friendly desires to mop up excessive money and to penalize a whole industry.

3.  The dollar changeover is designed to prevent the government from printing excessive money to meet its budgetary needs.

4.  The step is designed to prevent the government from printing excessive money to meet its budgetary needs.

5.  But it also injected excessive money into the economy.