treatise on money and essays on monetary problems
By: by J. Shield Nicholson ...
Edition: 2d ed., rev. and enl.
Publisher: A. and C. Black
Published: 1893
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
Subjects: Money; Bimetallism
Table of contents: title: A treatise on money.; title: Essays on monetary problems:  I. John Law of Lauriston, and the greatest speculative mania on record.  II. One-pound notes for England.  III. The effects of great discoveries of the precious metals.  IV. Bi-metallism both advantageous and practicable.  V. The morality of bi-metallism.  VI. Stability of the fixed ratio between gold and silver under international bi-metallism.  VII. The measurement of variations in the value of the monetary standard.  VIII. Causes of movements in general prices.  IX. Mr. Giffen's attack on bi-metallists.  X. Mr. Alfred de Rothschild's proposal to the Monetary conference.  XI. The missing link between gold and silver.  XII. The living capital of the United Kingdom.  XIII. Capital and labour: their relative strength.  XIV. The Indian currency experiment.