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Monetary theory and policy from Hume and Smith to Wicksell : money, credit, and the economy /
"This book provides a comprehensive survey of the major developments in monetary theory and policy from David Hume and Adam Smith to Walter Bagehot and Knut Wicksell. In particular, it seeks to explain why it took so long for a theory of central banking to penetrate mainstream thought. The book...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Historical perspectives on modern economics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Analytical and Historical Foundations: 1. Monetary theory circa 1750: David Hume; 2. Mid eighteeth-century British financial system; 3. Adam Smith: the case for laissez-faire in money and banking; 4. 'Monetary theories of credit' in exchange
- Part II. Debating Monetary Theory under Inconvertibility: 5. New reality: the restriction period 1797-1821; 6. The early round of the Buillion Debate, 1800-1802: Boyd versus Baring; 7. Thornton on inconvertibility and central banking: ahead of his times; 8. Ricardo versus Bosanquet: the famous round in the Bullion debate; 9. 'Credit theories of money' in exchange and intermediation
- Part III. Debating: Laissez-Faire, Rules and Discretion: 10. From the resumption to 1837: more crises; 11. The currency school trio: Loyd, Torrens, and Norman; 12. The banking school trio: Tooke, Fullarton, and Wilson; 13. Neither currency nor banking school: Joplin and the "free banking" Parnell
- Part IV. The Road to Defensive Central Banking: 14. Bagehot and a new conventional wisdom; 15. Does Karl Marx fit in?; 16. Marshall's (oral) monetary tradition and bimetallism
- Part V.A New Beginning: Towards Active Central Banking: 17. Wicksell's innovative monetary theory and policy; 18. The puzzling slow rise of a theory of central banking: between the lender of last resort, defensive, and active monetary policy.