| Description |
xv, 266 p. |
| Series |
Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 151
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Gilles Jacoud -- Extracts from the Catechism of political economy / Jean-Baptiste Say -- Of money -- Of the representative signs of money -- Of monies : extracts from the complete course in practical political economy / Jean-Baptiste Say -- Of the nature and uses of money -- Of the material of money -- Of the foundation of the value of monies -- Why the value of silver did not decrease more following the discovery of America -- Of the relative value of different metals used as money -- Of the manufacture of metallic monies -- Of the profit it is possible to make from the manufacture of coinage -- Of the attempts which have been made to have a measure of values -- Of the value of precious metals compared with that of wheat, from ancient times -- Evaluation of historical amounts -- Of paper monies -- Of the representative signs of money : extracts from the complete course in practical political economy / Jean-Baptiste Say -- General characteristics of representative signs -- Of trust notes and banks of circulation -- Abuse of banks of circulation -- Of deposit banks and party transfers -- Of promissory notes, bills of exchange and foreign exchange -- Extracts from a Treatise on Political Economy / Jean-Baptiste Say -- Extracts from editions 1, 2 and 3 of a Treatise on political economy -- Extracts from editions 5 and 6 of a Treatise on political economy -- Manuscripts, notes and varied texts / Jean-Baptiste Say -- Tribunat : report made on behalf of the finance section on the projected law concerning the recoinage of monies -- Notes on Henri Storch's Cours d'economie politique -- Of the commercial crisis in England -- Extracts from correspondence -- Plan for a new money in Ricardo's style -- Of deposit banks and party transfers -- Of the debasement of monies -- Chronological table / Gilles Jacoud. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Say, Jean Baptiste, 1767-1832.
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Economics.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780415677370 (hb) |
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9780203075050 (electronic bk.) |
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