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Informationen zum Autor Leonidas Zelmanovitz is fellow at the Liberty Fund. Klappentext This book examines the characteristics of monetary institutions and the ways in which a clear understanding of money, and a sense of what we can know about money, can improve our comprehension on monetary policy. It establishes a link between abstract and theoretical aspects of monetary theory and the problems with money and banks we face today. Zusammenfassung This book examines the characteristics of monetary institutions and the ways in which a clear understanding of money! and a sense of what we can know about money! can improve our comprehension on monetary policy. It establishes a link between abstract and theoretical aspects of monetary theory and the problems with money and banks we face today. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Origin and Essence of Money2. Brief Account of the Intellectual History of Money, Starting with Aristotle3. Menger, Simmel, and Mises on Money Value4. Comte's Positivist Epistemology and Politics in a Comparative Analysis with the Austrian School of Economics5. What is it Possible to Know about Money?6. The Ethics of Money7. Are There Unsurmountable Arguments for Monetary Prerogatives?8. The Demand for Money, The Business Cycle, And The Current Monetary Regime9. Incentives to Supply an Optimum Amount of Credit Under a 100% Reserve Requirement10. "Inflation Targeting": Neither New nor Effective11. The Future of Money12. Concluding Chapter
