Skip to main content

About
Wire
Library
Online Learning
Events
Store

Search form

Books / Digital Text

The Theory of Money and Credit

Part One: The Nature of Money

Chapter 4. Money and the State

1. The Position of the State in the Market
2. The Legal Concept of Money
3. The Influence of the State on the Monetary System

Return to Table of Contents

Book Information

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953.

The Theory of Money and Credit

Ludwig von Mises

Mises wrote this book for the ages, and it remains the most spirited, thorough, and scientifically rigorous treatise on money to ever appear. It made his reputation...

Other Formats | Book Information

Select from the table of contents below to read this book.

Preface to the New Edition
Introduction by Professor Lionel Robbins
Preface to the English Edition
Preface to the Second German Edition
Part One: The Nature of Money
Part Two: The Value of Money
Part Three: Money and Banking
Part Four: Monetary Reconstruction
Concluding Remarks
Appendix A: On the Classification of Monetary Theories
Appendix B: Translator's Note on the Translation of Certain Technical Terms

Topics

Big Government
Biographies
Booms and Busts
Corporate Welfare
Education
Financial Markets
Free Markets
Global Economy
Health
Legal System
Media and Culture
Money and Banks
Strategy
Taxes and Spending
The Entrepreneur
The Environment
The Fed
The Police State
U.S. Economy
U.S. History
War and Foreign Policy
World History

Austrian School

Austrian Economics Overview
Business Cycles
Calculation and Knowledge
Capital and Interest Theory
Entrepreneurship
Fiscal Theory
Gold Standard
History of the Austrian School of Economics
Interventionism
Monetary Theory
Money and Banking
Monopoly and Competition
Other Schools of Thought
Philosophy and Methodology
Political Theory
Praxeology
Prices
Private Property
Production Theory
Subjectivism
Value and Exchange

Browse Library

Who is Ludwig von Mises?
What is the Austrian School of Economics?
Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics
The Austrian
Mises Daily Articles
Mises Weekends
Mises View
Journals & Publications
Homeschool Resources
Resources for the Economist

About the Mises Institute

What is the Mises Institute?
Become a Member
Fellowships & Independent Research
Mises Events
Press Room
Mises Publications
Online Learning
Mises Bookstore
Faculty & Staff
Finances and Board
Subscribe to Email Lists
Support Mises
Contact Us
Resources for Students

Contact Us

Mises Institute

518 West Magnolia Avenue
Auburn, Alabama 36832-4501

PHONE 334.321.2100 | FAX 334.321.2119

Tu ne cede malis,
sed contra audentior ito

GET NEWS AND ARTICLES IN YOUR INBOX

Stay Connected

Mises Institute is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent the law allows.