Encyclopedia of Money

Sampul Depan
Bloomsbury Academic, 7 Sep 1999 - 342 halaman

From the ancient barter system to cyber credit, this reference work is an investment in fiscal literacy.

Encyclopedia of Money contains more than 300 entries describing the major innovations, experiments, triumphs, and disasters in the development of a viable medium of exchange. Individual topics spotlight the working of international monetary systems, hyperinflation, monetary debacles, fiscal controls, the gold standard, and more.

These pages also tell how metal coinage, one of the greatest financial inventions, spread from a tiny enclave in the Mediterranean to become a universal standard. The book explains what Leonardo da Vinci contributed to hard currency and how paper money came about. Written for nonspecialists, the book avoids technical jargon and mathematics as it explains the mechanisms and intricacies of the subject of money.

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Act for Remedying the Ill State
1
American Revolution
7
Augustalis
14
Balance of Payments
20
Bank of England
26
Bank Rate
32
Billon
38
Bisected Paper Money 40
59
Law John
180
Liquor Money
186
Maravedis
192
Monetary Aggregates
198
CONTENTS
199
Montesquieu
204
Russian Ruble
244
Seigniorage
250

CONTENTS
63
Commodity Money
69
Corn Banks of Egypt
75
Cross of Gold Speech
81
Da Vinci Leonardo
89
Deutsche Bundesbank
95
Edict of Prices of A D 301
101
Conference of 1878
167
Slave Currency
257
Specie Circular
264
Swedens Paper Standard
270
Taler
276
Bibliography
309
Index
317
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Larry Allen is professor of economics at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX.

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