The Standard of ValueLongmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 187 pages |
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... consider the clause to have been intended to provide for silver again being coined as a standard . jointly with gold . Writing in the year 1880 , I said of the Act of 1816 : ' It was , doubtless , at that time expedient for gold ...
... consider the clause to have been intended to provide for silver again being coined as a standard . jointly with gold . Writing in the year 1880 , I said of the Act of 1816 : ' It was , doubtless , at that time expedient for gold ...
Page 9
... consider in what manner the use of ' these substitutes affects the value of money , or , what is equivalent , the prices of commodities . It is hardly necessary to say that the permanent ' value of money- the natural and average prices ...
... consider in what manner the use of ' these substitutes affects the value of money , or , what is equivalent , the prices of commodities . It is hardly necessary to say that the permanent ' value of money- the natural and average prices ...
Page 37
... consider- ing whether the course of justice would or would not give us a silver instead of our gold circulation , nor as to whether a silver would or would not be more advantageous to the commercial community than a gold circulation ...
... consider- ing whether the course of justice would or would not give us a silver instead of our gold circulation , nor as to whether a silver would or would not be more advantageous to the commercial community than a gold circulation ...
Page 38
... consider the superior steadiness of the double standard alone sufficient to compensate for the extravagance and inconvenience of throwing the mint open to the unlimited coinage of silver free of charge . ' VIII . The Issue Department of ...
... consider the superior steadiness of the double standard alone sufficient to compensate for the extravagance and inconvenience of throwing the mint open to the unlimited coinage of silver free of charge . ' VIII . The Issue Department of ...
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... considering the maintenance of a double standard impossible , because the cheaper must drive out the dearer metal : — If one country only had the double standard , and , of the other countries , some the gold and others the silver ...
... considering the maintenance of a double standard impossible , because the cheaper must drive out the dearer metal : — If one country only had the double standard , and , of the other countries , some the gold and others the silver ...
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