The Theory of Money and Credit

Ludwig Von Mises

Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1953 - Credit - 493 pages

Contents

• FOREWORD TO THE 2009 EDITION BY DOUGLAS E FRENCH: 1
• PART FOUR: 6
• PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION: 9
• PREFACE TO SECOND GERMAN EDITION: 23
• THE FUNCTIONS OF MONEY: 29
• ON THE MEASUREMENT OF VALUE: 38
• THE VARIOUS KINDS OF MONEY: 50
• MONEY AND THE STATE: 68
• MONEY AS AN ECONOMIC GOOD: 79
• THE ENEMIES OF MONEY: 91
• THE CONCEPT OF THE VALUE OF MONEY: 97
• THE DETERMINANTS OF THE OBJECTIVE: 108
• II Fluctuations in the Objective ExchangeValue of Money: 124
• III A Special Cause of Variations in the Objective ExchangeValue: 154
• CONTENTS: 155
• The Mechanism of the Market as a Force affecting: 162
• THE PROBLEM OF THE EXISTENCE OF LOCAL: 170
• THE EXCHANGERATIO BETWEEN MONEY: 179
• THE PROBLEM OF MEASURING THE OBJECTIVE EXCHANGEVALUE OF MONEY AND VARIATIONS IN IT 1 The History of the Problem: 187
• The Nature of the Problem: 188
• 3 Methods of Calculating Index Numbers: 189
• Wiesers Refinement of the Methods of Calculating IndexNumbers: 191
• 5 The Practical Utility of Index Numbers: 194
• THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF VARIATIONS IN THE OBJECTIVE EXCHANGEVALUE OF MONEY 1 The Exchange of Present Goods for...: 195
• Economic Calculation and Accountancy: 203
• 3 Social Consequences of Variations in the Value of Money when only One Kind of Money is Employed: 206
• The Consequences of Variations in the ExchangeRatio between Two Kinds of Money: 212
• vii: 216
• The Instruments of Monetary Policy: 219
• Restrictionism or Deflationism: 231
• 5 Invariability of the Objective ExchangeValue of Money as the Aim of Monetary Policy: 236
• 6 The Limits of Monetary Policy: 238
• The Concepts Inflation and Deflation: 239
• THE MONETARY POLICY OF ETATISM 1 The Monetary Theory of Etatism: 242
• 2 National Prestige and the Rate of Exchange: 244
• The Regulation of Prices by Authoritative Decree: 245
• The BalanceofPayments Theory as a Basis of Currency Policy: 249
• The Suppression of Speculation: 252
• THE BUSINESS OF BANKING: 261
• THE EVOLUTION OF FIDUCIARY MEDIA: 278
• FIDUCIARY MEDIA AND THE DEMAND FOR MONEY: 297
• THE REDEMPTION OF FIDUCIARY MEDIA: 319
• MONEY CREDIT AND INTEREST: 339
• PROBLEMS OF CREDIT POLICY: 367
• 3 The Nature of Discount Policy: 373
• Systems Similar to the GoldPremium Policy: 382
• III Problems of Credit Policy in the Period Immediately: 391
• Fishers Commodity Standard: 399
• Future Currency Policy: 406
• THE PRINCIPLES OF SOUND MONEY: 413
• viii: 418
• CONTEMPORARY CURRENCY SYSTEMS: 429
• THE RETURN TO SOUND MONEY: 435
• CONCLUDING REMARKS: 456
• APPENDIX B TRANSLATORS NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION: 482

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Theory of Money and Credit; Bedford series of economic handbooks
• Author: Ludwig Von Mises
• Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1953
• ISBN: 1610163222, 9781610163224
• Length: 493 pages