A Retrospective on the Classical Gold Standard, 1821-1931 [Elektronisk resurs]

• Contents; Preface; Introduction; I. THE GOLD STANDARD AS INTERPRETED IN TRADITIONAL AND REVISIONIST WORKS; II. TECHNICAL PROCEDURES: RULES OF THE GAME; III. INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE OPERATION OF THE GOLD STANDARD; IV. INTERNATIONAL LINKAGES UNDER THE GOLD STANDARD; V. THE GOLD STANDARD AS A STABILIZER OF COMMODITY PRICES; Participants; Author Index; Subject Index. 

• This is a timely review of the gold standard covering the 110 years of its operation until 1931, when Britain abandoned it in the midst of the Depression. Current dissatisfaction with floating rates of exchange has spurred interest in a return to a commodity standard. The studies in this volume were designed to gain a better understanding of the historical gold standard, but they also throw light on the question of whether restoring it today could help cure inflation, high interest rates, and low productivity growth. The volume includes a review of the literature on the classical gold standard 

Ämnesord

Gold standard. 

Genre

Electronic books.  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

HG297.R44 1984 (LCC)

332.4/222 (DDC)

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