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Klappentext An 1857 collection of thirteen pieces comprising 'a full exposition of the principles that determine the value of paper currency'. Zusammenfassung John Ramsay McCulloch (1789–1864) wrote or edited numerous works on the nascent field of political economy (several are reissued in this series). This 1857 collection of thirteen pieces, by various authors, comprises 'a full exposition of the principles that determine the value of paper currency'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. A discourse concerning the currencies of the British plantations in America; 2. Banks and paper-money; 3. Essay on paper-money and banking; 4. Essay of banks and paper credit; 5. Note on the suspension of cash payments; 6. The utility of country banks considered; 7. An enquiry into the nature and effects of the paper credit of Great Britain; 8. Note on the state of the exchange between London and Dublin, from 1797 to 1804; 9. Remarks on the paper currency; 10. The high price of bullion a proof of the depreciation of bank notes; 11. Report, from the Select Committee of the House of Commons, on the high place of gold bullion; 12. Observations on the principles which regulate the course of exchange; 13. The question concerning the depreciation of our currency stated and examined; Index.

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• Authors: EDITED BY J. R. MCCU, J. R. Mcculloch
• Assisted by: J. R. Mcculloch (Editor), McCulloch J. R. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108083744
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08374-4
• No. of pages: 710
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, Banking, Economic history, Monetary Economics