Interest Standard of Currency - An Attempt

List of contents

Prologue Preface Part 1: Preliminary 1. The Heretic and the Professors 2. The Schemes of an Index-Number Standard Part 2: The Unsolved Problem of Gold 3. The Disposal of the Gold Reserve 4. The Price of Gold 5. Money and Wares 6. To Whom Does the Gold Belong? 7. Some Afterthoughts Part 3: The Unsolved Problem of Interest 8. Currency and Interest 9. What is a Standard of Currency? 10. Fluctuations of Interest and Fluctuations of Price 11. Further Unravelling of the Discount Tangle 12. Money and Credit 13. Belling the Cat 14. "…Which he Calls Interest" 15. The Interest Standard and the Exchanges 16. The American Hoard of Gold Part 4: Postscript 17. The Beauties of Stability and the Modesty of Stabilizers 18. The Gold Dollar and Goods Dollar Scheme Reconsidered 19. The Creation and Destruction of Credit by the Bank 20. The Self-Liquidating Bill of Exchange 21. The Currency Standard and State Loans. Epilogue

About the author

Ernst Dick

Summary

Originally published in 1925. This book sets forth a plan to stabilize currencies at a time in which there was much discussion in the area. A fascinating insight into 1920s economic history.

Product details

• Authors: Ernst Dick
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.04.2017
• EAN: 9781138630635
• ISBN: 978-1-138-63063-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Exchange Rate Economics; Routledge Library Editions: Exchange Rate Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, Banking, Economic history, International Economics, Monetary Economics, International Finance