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What Has GovernmentDone to Our Money?
byMurray N. Rothbard
The Ludwig von Mises Institute
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama 36832
What Has Government Done to Our Money?
Thanks to Burton S. Blumert of Camino Coin,Burlingame, California, for the coins used on the cover.Copyright © 1963, 1985, 1990 by Murray N. RothbardAll rights reserved. Written permission must be securedfrom the publisher to use or reproduce any part of thisbook, except for brief quotations in critical reviews or arti-cles.Published by Praxeology Press of the Ludwig von MisesInstitute, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 90-63803ISBN: 0-945466-10-2
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Murray N. RothbardII. Money in a Free Society1. The Value of Exchange 2. Barter3. Indirect Exchange4. Benefits of Money5. The Monetary Unit6. The Shape of Money7. Private Coinage8. The
10. Stabilize the Price Level?11. Coexisting Moneys12. Money-Warehouses13. SummaryIII. Government Meddling With Money1. The Revenue of Government2. The Economic Effects of Inflation3. Compulsory Monopoly of the Mint4. Debasement5. Gresham's Law and Coinage6. Summary: Government and Coinage7. Permitting Banks to Refuse Payment8. Central Banking: Removing the Checks on Inflation9. Central Banking: Directing the Inflation10. Going Off the Gold Standard11. Fiat Money and the Gold Problem12. Fiat Money and Gresham's Law13. Government and MoneyIV. The Monetary Breakdown of the West1. Phase I: The Classical Gold Standard, 1815-1914 2. Phase II: World War I and After3. Phase III: The Gold Exchange Standard (Britain and the United States)1926-1931 4. Phase IV: Fluctuating Fiat Currencies, 1931-1945...5. Phase V: Bretton Woods and the New Gold Exchange Standard(the United States) 1945 19686. Phase VI: The Unraveling of Bretton Woods, 1968-1971 7. Phase VII: The End of Bretton Woods: Fluctuating Fiat Currencies,August-December, 1971 8. Phase VIII: The Smithsonian Agreement, December 1971-February 1973 9. Phase IX: Fluctuating Fiat Currencies, March 1973-?About the AuthorAbout the Ludwig von Mises Institute
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« prev | next »- 1. The Value of Exchange
- 2. Barter
- 3. Indirect Exchange
- 4. Benefits of Money
- 5. The Monetary Unit
- 6. The Shape of Money
- 7. Private Coinage
- 9. The Problem of "Hoarding"
- 10. Stabilize the Price Level?
- 11. Coexisting Moneys
- 12. Money Warehouses
- III Government Meddling With Money
- 1. The Revenue of Government
- 2. The Economic Effects of Inflation
- 3. Compulsory Monopoly of the Mint
- 4. Debasement
- 5. Gresham's Law and Coinage
- 6. Summary: Government and Coinage
- 7. Permitting Banks to Refuse Payment
- 8. Central Banking: Removing the Checks on Inflation
- 10. Going off the Gold Standard
- 11. Fiat Money and the Gold Problem
- 12. Fiat Money and Gresham's Law
- 13. Government and Money
- IV The Monetary Breakdown of the West
- 1. Phase I: The Classical Gold Standard, 1815-1914
- 2. Phase II: World War I and After
- 4. Phase IV: Fluctuating Fiat Currencies, 1931-1945
- 8. Phase VIII: The Smithsonian Agreement, December 1971 -February 1973
- 9. Phase IX: Fluctuating Fiat Currencies, March 1973 -?
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