Money in Historical Perspective

With an Introduction by Michael D. Bordo and Milton Friedman
460 pages
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© 1987
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Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Michael D. Bordo and Milton Friedman
I. Money and Banking in Historical Perspective
1. The Beginning of Competitive Banking in Philadelphia, 1782-1809 [1947]
2. Money and Business Cycles [1963]
with Milton Friedman
3. Secular Price Change in Historical Perspective [1973]
4. Understanding 1929-1933 [1981]
5. A Century of British Market Interest Rates, 1874-1975 [1981]
II. Monetary Policy
6. Why Money Matters [1969]
7. How Feasible Is a Flexible Monetary Policy? [1975]
with Phillip Cagan
8. Has the Growth of Money Substitutes Hindered Monetary Policy? [1975]
with Phillip Cagan
9. Clark Warburton: Pioneer Monetarist [1979]
with Michael D. Bordo
10. The Importance of Stable Money: Theory and Evidence [1983]
with Michael D. Bordo
11. Real and Pseudo-Financial Crisis [1986]
12. Has Government Any Role in Money? [1986]
with Milton Friedman
III. International Monetary Arrangements
13. Reflections on the Gold Commission Report [1982]
14. The Postwar Institutional Evolution of the International Monetary System (1983)
15. Alternative Monetary Regimes: The Gold Standard [1986]
16. Lessons of the Gold Standard Era and the Bretton Woods System for the Prospects of an International Monetary System Constitution [1986]
Appendix: Publications of Anna J. Schwartz
References
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Michael D. Bordo and Milton Friedman
I. Money and Banking in Historical Perspective
1. The Beginning of Competitive Banking in Philadelphia, 1782-1809 [1947]
2. Money and Business Cycles [1963]
with Milton Friedman
3. Secular Price Change in Historical Perspective [1973]
4. Understanding 1929-1933 [1981]
5. A Century of British Market Interest Rates, 1874-1975 [1981]
II. Monetary Policy
6. Why Money Matters [1969]
7. How Feasible Is a Flexible Monetary Policy? [1975]
with Phillip Cagan
8. Has the Growth of Money Substitutes Hindered Monetary Policy? [1975]
with Phillip Cagan
9. Clark Warburton: Pioneer Monetarist [1979]
with Michael D. Bordo
10. The Importance of Stable Money: Theory and Evidence [1983]
with Michael D. Bordo
11. Real and Pseudo-Financial Crisis [1986]
12. Has Government Any Role in Money? [1986]
with Milton Friedman
III. International Monetary Arrangements
13. Reflections on the Gold Commission Report [1982]
14. The Postwar Institutional Evolution of the International Monetary System (1983)
15. Alternative Monetary Regimes: The Gold Standard [1986]
16. Lessons of the Gold Standard Era and the Bretton Woods System for the Prospects of an International Monetary System Constitution [1986]
Appendix: Publications of Anna J. Schwartz
References
Index
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