The Standard of ValueLongmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 187 pages |
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Page v
... questions at issue in the Battle of the Standards is the charge of attempting and the counter - charge of maintaining the establishment of a system which creates injustice between debtor and creditor . The Gold Standard Defence ...
... questions at issue in the Battle of the Standards is the charge of attempting and the counter - charge of maintaining the establishment of a system which creates injustice between debtor and creditor . The Gold Standard Defence ...
Page xiv
... question . It was quite right that coins of reduced weight should be given to cover the mint charge on coins limited to use as small change , but I contend that on unlimited coinage for full legal tender the mint charge ought properly ...
... question . It was quite right that coins of reduced weight should be given to cover the mint charge on coins limited to use as small change , but I contend that on unlimited coinage for full legal tender the mint charge ought properly ...
Page xvi
... question at issue between the mono- metallists and the advocates of the Double Standard may be summed up in the question as to whether the Economist is right or wrong in asserting that silver had xvi THE STANDARD OF VALUE.
... question at issue between the mono- metallists and the advocates of the Double Standard may be summed up in the question as to whether the Economist is right or wrong in asserting that silver had xvi THE STANDARD OF VALUE.
Page xxiv
... QUESTION • CHAPTER VI . THE DOUBLE STANDARD AND THE NATIONAL Debt . PAGE 127 133 APPENDIX . I. GOLD AND PRICES , BEING LETTERS PUBLISHED IN THE ' ECONOMIST ' IN 1894 ON : The Quantitative Theory • • 171 The Interpretation of Index ...
... QUESTION • CHAPTER VI . THE DOUBLE STANDARD AND THE NATIONAL Debt . PAGE 127 133 APPENDIX . I. GOLD AND PRICES , BEING LETTERS PUBLISHED IN THE ' ECONOMIST ' IN 1894 ON : The Quantitative Theory • • 171 The Interpretation of Index ...
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... question . He would , in fact , evidently have treated it as merely a home question . The reason why the present leaders of bimetallism are endeavouring to make it an international rather than a home question is due to the circumstances ...
... question . He would , in fact , evidently have treated it as merely a home question . The reason why the present leaders of bimetallism are endeavouring to make it an international rather than a home question is due to the circumstances ...
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