The Standard of ValueLongmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 187 pages |
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William Leighton Jordan. CHAPTER V. FOREIGN DEBTS IN LONDON . THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC IN THE SILVER QUESTION • CHAPTER VI . THE DOUBLE STANDARD AND THE NATIONAL Debt . PAGE 127 133 APPENDIX . I. GOLD AND PRICES , BEING LETTERS PUBLISHED ...
William Leighton Jordan. CHAPTER V. FOREIGN DEBTS IN LONDON . THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC IN THE SILVER QUESTION • CHAPTER VI . THE DOUBLE STANDARD AND THE NATIONAL Debt . PAGE 127 133 APPENDIX . I. GOLD AND PRICES , BEING LETTERS PUBLISHED ...
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... debt is current , is a breach of faith on the part of the Parliament or the Government by whom such acts may be accomplished , whether such change advantage the national debtor or the national creditor . Taking a world - wide view of ...
... debt is current , is a breach of faith on the part of the Parliament or the Government by whom such acts may be accomplished , whether such change advantage the national debtor or the national creditor . Taking a world - wide view of ...
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... national debts now existing have been borrowed under that double standard ; and for the Governments of the world to legislate in such a manner as to establish a gold standard instead of that double standard con- stitutes the most ...
... national debts now existing have been borrowed under that double standard ; and for the Governments of the world to legislate in such a manner as to establish a gold standard instead of that double standard con- stitutes the most ...
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... National Debt , to have both silver and gold , at their pleasure , manufactured into coin with which to pay the interest on the debt . Lord Sherbrooke and Mr. Crump ignore all this , and , instead of fairly facing the question , direct ...
... National Debt , to have both silver and gold , at their pleasure , manufactured into coin with which to pay the interest on the debt . Lord Sherbrooke and Mr. Crump ignore all this , and , instead of fairly facing the question , direct ...
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... National Debt was borrowed under a certain standard of value established by law ( which standard I call a double standard , though the Daily News and Lord Sherbrooke call it an alternative standard ) , that law ought not to have been ...
... National Debt was borrowed under a certain standard of value established by law ( which standard I call a double standard , though the Daily News and Lord Sherbrooke call it an alternative standard ) , that law ought not to have been ...
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