MONIAC

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of money +‎ ENIAC.

Proper noun[edit]

MONIAC

  1. (economics) Acronym of Monetary National Income Analogue Computer.
    • 2018, Tönu Puu, Disequilibrium Economics: Oligopoly, Trade, and Macrodynamics, Springer, →ISBN, page 204:
      An amusing invention was the MONIAC (MOnetary National Income Analogue Computer) hydraulic macroeconomic machine where flows of investment or export were represented by streaming coloured water in transparent tubes, and the stock of money by a water tank, whereas taxation was controlled through a valve.