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Honest Money

Honest Money

by Arthur Isaac Fonda

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Author
Fonda, Arthur Isaac
Credits
Produced by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
HG: Social sciences: Finance
Subject
Paper money -- United States
Category
Text
eBook-No.
46499
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46499
Release Date
August 4, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.HONEST MONEY
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.HONEST MONEY
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. VALUE AND THE STANDARD OF VALUE. — Definition of Value. — Supply and Demand. — The Standard of Value.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. MONEY. — Definition of Money. — The Functions and Requirements of Money. — Money Value. — Money Demand and Supply. — Necessity for Invariable Money Value.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. EXISTING MONETARY SYSTEMS. — The Gold Standard. — Gresham's Law. — The Silver Standard. — Bi-metallism. — Paper Money.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. STABILITY OF GOLD AND SILVER VALUES. — Gold-Standard Prices. — Silver-Standard Prices.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. CRITICISM OF SOME GOLD-STANDARD ARGUMENTS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. FOREIGN COMMERCE.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. MONEY IN THE UNITED STATES.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. SOME PROPOSED CHANGES IN OUR MONEY SYSTEM.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. A NEW MONETARY SYSTEM. — The Standard of Value. — The Medium of Exchange.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. MERITS AND OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED. — Merits of Plan. — Objections Answered.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. CONCLUSION.
  16. 16.INDEX.
  17. 17.Transcribers' Notes

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