History of Monetary and Credit Theory - From John Law to the Present Day

Informationen zum Autor Charles Rist Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1940, this classic book traces the development of theories concerning currency and credit from the beginning of the 18th century to the middle of the 20th. It provides a comprehensive account of the political and economic conditions in which the theories and controversies arose. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Confusion Between Credit and Money in the Political Economy of the Eighteenth Century 2. Eighteenth-Century Theories of the Action of the Precious Metals on the Price Level and on the Rate of Interest 3. Thornton, Ricardo and the Bullion Report 4. Tooke the Historian and Ricardo the Logician 5. Tooke, Creator of the Credit Theory 6. Gold Output and Price Movements (1850-1936) 7. The Action of Gold and of the Discount Rate on Prices 8. The General Theory of Money at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century 9. Theory of Central Banks of Issue

Product details

• Authors: Charles Rist, Rist Charles
• Assisted by: Jane Degras (Translation), Degras Jane (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2016
• EAN: 9781138217294
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21729-4
• No. of pages: 438
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Landmarks in the History of Economic Thought; Routledge Library Editions: Landmarks in the History of Economic Thought
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, Monetary Economics, Credit and credit institutions, Credit & Credit Institutions