On the origins of money
By: by Carl Menger
Contributors: Ludwig von Mises Institute (Organization)
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Auburn, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9781933550596
Subjects: Money; Finance
Other titles: Origins of money
Notes: Originally published in Economic Journal 2.6 (1892): 239-255.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Attempts at solution hitherto; title: The problem of the genesis of a medium of exchange; title: Commodities as more or less saleable; title: Concerning the causes of the different degrees of saleableness in commodities; title: On the genesis of media of exchange; title: The process of differentiation between commodities which have become media of exchange and the rest; title: How the precious metals became money; title: Influence of the sovereign power.