ABSTRACT
Originally published in 1960, this book examines how inflation as a policy has come about in modern democracies, how ti works, how to avoid it and at what cost. In non-technical terms it explains what inflation does, both to society and its individual elements, to weaken and hamper democracy. Including examples from the UK, Germany, France, Scandinavia, the USA and the former Soviet Union this volume examines inflation at work in widely differing communities since Roman Times to the late twentieth century.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |39 pages
Whence?
chapter |10 pages
Inflation Past
chapter |11 pages
Inflation Present
chapter |18 pages
The Great British Inflation
part |37 pages
How?
chapter |14 pages
Money and the State
chapter |21 pages
The Nature of Inflation
part |46 pages
Why?
chapter |16 pages
Democratic Myths and Methods
chapter |14 pages
Trial by Inflation
chapter |14 pages
Democratic and Totalitarian Growth
part |25 pages
Whither?