CHAPTER XXVII. SOME QUESTIONS OF POLICY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. CONTENTS xi
4. PART I. THE ANCIENT WORLD
5. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY 3
6. CHAPTER II. GREECE 5
7. CHAPTER III. ROME 10
8. CHAPTER IV. SUMMARY 13
9. PART II. THE MIDDLE AGES
10. CHAPTER V. INTRODUCTORY 17
11. CHAPTER VI. BUILDING ON TRADITION 20
12. CHAPTER VII. P RICES AND RELATED PROBLEMS 25
13. CHAPTER VIII. OTHER NEW PROBLEMS 32
14. CHAPTER IX. SUMMARY 41
15. PART III. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MODERN AGE
16. CHAPTER Χ. INTRODUCTORY 45
17. CHAPTER XI. TRADITIONAL DOCTRINES 48
18. CHAPTER XII. THE VALUE OF MONEY 53
19. CHAPTER XIII. NEW LIGHT ON OLD PROBLEMS 61
20. CHAPTER XIV. SUMMARY 72
21. PART IV. FROM DAVANZATI TO LOCKE
22. CHAPTER XV. INTRODUCTORY 77
23. CHAPTER XVI. THE ORIGIN AND FUNCTIONS OF MONEY 81
24. CHAPTER XVII. SOME QUESTIONS OF POLICY 86
25. CHAPTER XVIII. THE COINAGE SYSTEM 93
26. CHAPTER XIX. THE VALUE OF MONEY 101
27. CHAPTER XX. THE THEORY OF PRICE CHANGES 117
28. CHAPTER XXI. THE PRINCIPLES OF CIRCULATION 126
29. CHAPTER XXII. THE VELOCITY OF CIRCULATION 136
30. CHAPTER XXIII. THE PROBLEM OF REFORM 139
31. CHAPTER XXIV. SUMMARY 143
32. PART V. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
33. CHAPTER XXV. INTRODUCTORY 149
34. CHAPTER XXVI. THE ORIGIN A N D FUNCTIONS OF MONEY 156
35. CHAPTER XXVII. SOME QUESTIONS OF POLICY 169
36. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE COINAGE SYSTEM 180
37. CHAPTER XXIX. THE VALUE OF MONEY : COMMODITY THEORIES 198
38. CHAPTER XXX. THE VALUE OF MONEY: THE QUANTITY THEORY 213
39. CHAPTER XXXI. PRICE CHANGES: ANALYSIS 224
40. CHAPTER XXXII. PRICE CHANGES : EFFECTS 232
41. CHAPTER XXXIII. THE PRINCIPLES OF CIRCULATION 246
42. CHAPTER XXXIV. THE VELOCITY OF CIRCULATION 255
43. CHAPTER XXXV. THE PROBLEM OF REFORM 261
44. CHAPTER XXXVI. SUMMARY 268
45. CHAPTER XXXVII. CONCLUSION: MONEY IN MERCANTILE THOUGHT 272
46. BIBLIOGRAPHY 291
47. INDEX 299