What Has Government Done to Our Money

Murray N. Rothbard9780945466109, 0-945466-10-2

Rothbard’s most famous monetary essay has appeared in multiple editions and influenced two generations of economists, investors, and businessmen. After presenting the basics of money and banking theory, he traces the decline of the dollar from the 18th century to the present, and provides lucid critiques of central banking, New Deal monetary policy, Nixonian fiat money, and fixed exchange rates. He also provides a blueprint for a return to a 100 percent reserve gold standard.

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Table of contents :
Murray N. Rothbard……Page 1
About the Ludwig von Mises Institute……Page 3
For citation purposes a sequence of bracketed numbers has been placed in the document corresponding to the original pagination…….Page 4
Victor Niederhoffer……Page 5
Introduction to Fourth Edition……Page 7
I.Introduction……Page 10
2. Barter……Page 11
3. Indirect Exchange……Page 12
4. Benefits of Money……Page 13
5. The Monetary Unit……Page 14
6. The Shape of Money……Page 15
7. Private Coinage……Page 16
8. The “Proper” Supply of Money……Page 18
9. The Problem of “Hoarding”……Page 20
10. Stabilize the Price Level?……Page 22
11. Coexisting Moneys……Page 23
12. Money Warehouses……Page 24
13…….Page 28
III.Government Meddling With Money……Page 30
III.Government Meddling With Money……Page 32
III.Government Meddling With Money……Page 33
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III.Government Meddling With Money……Page 36
III.Government Meddling With Money……Page 37
III.Government Meddling With Money……Page 39
III.Government Meddling With Money……Page 40
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III.Government Meddling With Money……Page 43
III.Government Meddling With Money……Page 44
IV.The Monetary Breakdown of the West……Page 46
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