Monetary Theory Before Adam Smith

Arthur Eli Monroe

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Monetary Theory Before Adam Smith

Arthur Eli Monroe

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1923

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	ix
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
PART I. THE ANCIENT WORLD
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
CHAPTER II. GREECE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	5
CHAPTER III. ROME Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	10
CHAPTER IV. SUMMARY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
PART II. THE MIDDLE AGES
CHAPTER V. INTRODUCTORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	17
CHAPTER VI. BUILDING ON TRADITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	20
CHAPTER VII. P RICES AND RELATED PROBLEMS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	25
CHAPTER VIII. OTHER NEW PROBLEMS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	32
CHAPTER IX. SUMMARY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	41
PART III. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MODERN AGE
CHAPTER Χ. INTRODUCTORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	45
CHAPTER XI. TRADITIONAL DOCTRINES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	48
CHAPTER XII. THE VALUE OF MONEY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
CHAPTER XIII. NEW LIGHT ON OLD PROBLEMS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	61
CHAPTER XIV. SUMMARY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	72
PART IV. FROM DAVANZATI TO LOCKE
CHAPTER XV. INTRODUCTORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
CHAPTER XVI. THE ORIGIN AND FUNCTIONS OF MONEY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	81
CHAPTER XVII. SOME QUESTIONS OF POLICY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	86
CHAPTER XVIII. THE COINAGE SYSTEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	93
CHAPTER XIX. THE VALUE OF MONEY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	101
CHAPTER XX. THE THEORY OF PRICE CHANGES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	117
CHAPTER XXI. THE PRINCIPLES OF CIRCULATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	126
CHAPTER XXII. THE VELOCITY OF CIRCULATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	136
CHAPTER XXIII. THE PROBLEM OF REFORM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	139
CHAPTER XXIV. SUMMARY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	143
PART V. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER XXV. INTRODUCTORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
CHAPTER XXVI. THE ORIGIN A N D FUNCTIONS OF MONEY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	156
CHAPTER XXVII. SOME QUESTIONS OF POLICY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	169
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE COINAGE SYSTEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	180
CHAPTER XXIX. THE VALUE OF MONEY : COMMODITY THEORIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	198
CHAPTER XXX. THE VALUE OF MONEY: THE QUANTITY THEORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	213
CHAPTER XXXI. PRICE CHANGES: ANALYSIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	224
CHAPTER XXXII. PRICE CHANGES : EFFECTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	232
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE PRINCIPLES OF CIRCULATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	246
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE VELOCITY OF CIRCULATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	255
CHAPTER XXXV. THE PROBLEM OF REFORM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	261
CHAPTER XXXVI. SUMMARY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	268
CHAPTER XXXVII. CONCLUSION: MONEY IN MERCANTILE THOUGHT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	272
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	291
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	299

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October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674183438

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February 5, 1923

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674334557

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Reprint 2014

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11

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312

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674183438

eBook ISBN: 9780674183438

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674334557

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Coinage.; Money -- History.; Currency question.

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