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The Theory of Money and Credit

Part Four: Monetary Reconstruction

Chapter 22. Contemporary Currency Systems

1. The Inflexible Gold Standard
2. The Flexible Standard
3. The Freely-vacillating Currency
4. The Illusive Standard

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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...

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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

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Austrian Economics Overview
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Gold Standard
History of the Austrian School of Economics
Interventionism
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Money and Banking
Money Supply
Monopoly and Competition
Other Schools of Thought
Philosophy and Methodology
Political Theory
Praxeology
Prices
Private Property
Production Theory
Subjectivism
Value and Exchange

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