ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1934, provides a discussion of the important facts and underlying principles of the financial problems that the American people were facing after the Great Depression. The title includes discussions of gold and paper standards, Germany’s inflation, the silver question and debtor and creditor relationships. This title will be of interest to students of monetary economics and the history of economic thought.

chapter I|13 pages

The Gold Standard

chapter III|16 pages

The Gold Purchase Plan

chapter IV|13 pages

Inflation, Deflation, Reflation

chapter V|16 pages

The Greenbacks

chapter VI|19 pages

Germany’s inflation

chapter VII|25 pages

The Silver Question

chapter VIII|18 pages

The Silver Purchase Plan

chapter IX|18 pages

The Commodity Dollar

chapter X|17 pages

Debtor and Creditor

chapter XI|19 pages

The Way Back to Gold

chapter XII|20 pages

The New American Dollar