ABSTRACT

The role of gold in the world's exchange system has been hotly contested by leading economists. This work collects the most important arguments in favour of gold, including such works as David Ricardo's "High price of Bullion" and W. Stanley Jevons's "Money and the Mechanism of Exchange".

part 1|85 pages

W. Stanley Jevons (1835–82)

chapter 1|12 pages

Chapter I

chapter 2|27 pages

Chapter II

chapter 3|10 pages

Chapter III

chapter 4|12 pages

Chapter IV

chapter 5|20 pages

Chapter V

part 2|18 pages

Carl Menger (1840–1921)

part 3|25 pages

Knut Wicksell (1851–1926)

part 4|41 pages

Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973)

chapter 6|39 pages

Chapter VI

part 5|44 pages

D. H. Robertson (1890–1963)

chapter 7|13 pages

Chapter IV

chapter 8|1 pages

Chapter V

chapter 9|15 pages

Chapter VI

chapter 10|13 pages

Chapter VII

part 6|60 pages

R. G. Hawtrey (1879–1975)

chapter 11|15 pages

Chapter I

chapter 12|14 pages

Chapter II

chapter 13|14 pages

Chapter III

chapter 14|14 pages

Chapter IV

part 7|42 pages

Murray Rothbard (1926–95)

part 8|3 pages

Jacques Rueff (1896–1978) and Fred Hirsch (1931–78)

chapter 15|16 pages

The Role and the Rule of Gold: An Argument