Estudou no Barnard College (B.A. em 1934), em Columbia University, (M.A. em 1935) onde também obteve o doutorado em 1964. Foi professora de economia da City University of New York (1967-1969) e da New York University. Entre outras honras, presidiu a Western Economic Association (1987-88).
Anna Schwartz é especializada em economia monetária e colaboradora habitual de Milton Friedman.
Obras de Anna J. Schwartz
"British Share Prices, 1811-1859", 1940, REStat
"The Beginning of Competitive Banking in Philadelphia, 1782-1809.", 1947, JPE
"An Attempt at a Synthesis in American Banking History", 1947, JEH
Growth and Fluctuation of the British Economy, 1790-1850, con A.D. Gayer y W.W. Rostow, 1953.
A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960, con Milton Friedman, 1963.
"Money and Business Cycles", con Milton Friedman, 1963.
"The Definition of Money" con M. Friedman, 1969.
"Why Money Matters", 1969, Lloyds BR
Monetary Statistics of the United States, con Milton Friedman, 1970.
"Secular Price Change in Historical Perspective", 1973, JMCB
"How Feasible is Flexible Monetary Policy?", 1975, in Selden, editor, Capitalism and Freedom
"Has the Growth of Money Substitutes Hindered Monetary Policy?", con P. Cagan, 1975, JMCB.
"Monetary Trends en the United States and the United Kingdom, 1878-1970", 1975, JEH
"Issues in Monetary Economics and their Impact on Research in Economic History", 1977, en Gallman, editor, Research in Economic History
"Policies for Research in Monetary Economics", 1977, en M. Perlman, editor, The Organization and Retrieval of Economic Knowledge.
"The Banking Reforms of the 1930s", 1979, en Walton, editor, Regulatory Change in an Atmosphere of Crisis
"Money and Prices in the Nineteenth Century: An old debate rejoined", con M.D. Bordo, JEH
"Understanding 1929-1933", 1981, en K. Brunner, editor, Great Depression Revisited
A Century of British Market Interest Rates, 1874-1975., 1981.
"Money and Prices in the Eighteenth Century: Was Thomas Tooke right?", con M.D. Bordo, 1981, Explorations in Economic History.
"The Effect of the Term Structure of Interest Rates on the Demand for Money in the United States", 1982, con M. Friedman, 1982, JME
"Interrelations between the United States and the United Kingdom, 1873-1975.", con M. Friedman, 1982, J Int Money and Finance
Monetary Trends in the United States and the United Kingdom, 1982, con M. Friedman.
"Reflections on the Gold Commission Report", 1982, JMCB
"International Debt, Insolvency and Illiquidity", con K. Brunner, 1983, J of Economic Affairs
"The Importance of Stable Money: Theory and Evidence", con M.D. Bordo, 1983, Cato Journal
The International Transmission of Inflation, 1983.
A Retrospective on the Classical Gold Standard, 1821-1931 con M.D. Bordo, 1984.
"International Lending and the Economic Environment", 1984, Cato Journal.
"Real and Pseudo-Financial Crises", 1986, en Wood, editor, Financial Crises and World Banking Policy.
"Has Government Any Role in Money?", con M. Friedman, 1986, JME
"Alternative Monetary Regimes: The Gold Standard", 1986, en Campbell and Dougan, editores, Alternative Monetary Regimes
"The Behavior of Money Stock under Interest Rate Control: Evidence for Canada", con M.D. Bordo and E.U. Choudhri, 1987, JMCB
Money in Historical Perspective, 1987.
"Bank Runs and Deposit Insurance Reform", 1988, Cato Journal
"Transmission of Real and Monetary Disturbances under Fixed versus Floating Rates", con M.D. Bordo, 1990, Cato Journal
"International Debts: What's fact and what's fiction", 1990, Economic Inquiry.
"The Performance and Stability of Banking Systems under "Self-Regulation": Theory and Evidence" con M.D. Bordo, 1995, Cato Journal
"International Financial Crises: Myths and reality", 1998, Cato Journal