A Critique of Monetarist and Austrian Doctrines on the Utility and Value of Money

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07/20/2005 Review of Austrian Economics Richard H. Timberlake, Jr.

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Review of Austrian Economics, 1987, 1, pp. 81-96.

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A Critique of Monetarist and Austrian Doctrines on the Utility and Value of Money

11/21/2014 Review of Austrian Economics Richard H. Timberlake, Jr.

From The Review of Austrian Economics Vol. 1, No. 4, 1987. From the first, the Austrians entertained a wish ... to apply their marginal utility theory to the case of money—which both the enemies of...

A Critique of Monetarist and Austrian Doctrines on the Utility and Value of Money

07/20/2005 Review of Austrian Economics Richard H. Timberlake, Jr.

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