The role of gold in the world's exchange system has been hotly contested by leading economists. This work collects the most important arguments in favour of gold, including such works as David Ricardo's "High price of Bullion" and W. Stanley Jevons's "Money and the Mechanism of Exchange".
Autorentext
William Rees-Mogg
Inhalt
1: W. Stanley Jevons (1835-82); 1: Chapter I; 2: Chapter II; 3: Chapter III; 4: Chapter IV; 5: Chapter V; 2: Carl Menger (1840-1921); 3: Knut Wicksell (1851-1926); 4: Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973); 6: Chapter VI; 5: D. H. Robertson (1890-1963); 7: Chapter IV; 8: Chapter V; 9: Chapter VI; 10: Chapter VII; 6: R. G. Hawtrey (1879-1975); 11: Chapter I; 12: Chapter II; 13: Chapter III; 14: Chapter IV; 7: Murray Rothbard (1926-95); 8: Jacques Rueff (1896-1978) and Fred Hirsch (1931-78); 15: The Role and the Rule of Gold: An Argument