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|23 pages

Francis Horner (1778–1817)

chapter 1|9 pages

I.

chapter 2|12 pages

II.

chapter 3|32 pages

Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834)

‘Depreciation of Paper Currency’, The Edinburgh Review 17 (February 1811)

part 2|29 pages

David Ricardo (1772–1823)

part 3|13 pages

David Ricardo (1772–1823)

chapter 4|10 pages

On Currency And Banks.

part 4|66 pages

John Stuart Mill (1806–73)

chapter 5|6 pages

Of Money

chapter 9|10 pages

Of Credit, As a Substitute for Money

chapter 10|17 pages

Influence of Credit on Prices

chapter 11|12 pages

Of an Inconvertible Paper Currency

part 5|20 pages

George Goschen (1831–1907)

part 6|72 pages

W. Stanley Jevons (1835–82)

chapter 13|4 pages

Barter.

chapter 14|3 pages

Exchange.

chapter 15|4 pages

The Functions of Money.

chapter 16|6 pages

Early History of Money.

chapter 17|7 pages

Qualities of The Material of Money.

chapter 18|7 pages

The Metals As Money.

chapter 19|8 pages

Coins.

chapter 20|11 pages

The Principles of Circulation

chapter 21|10 pages

Systems of Metallic Money.

chapter 22|10 pages

The English System of Metallic Currency