The Riddle of the Sphinx: A Discussion of the Economic Questions Relating to Agriculture, Land, Transportation, Money, Taxation, and Cost of Interchange ...Hyperion Press, 1975 - 479 pages |
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Page 151
... Europe is estimated at about $ 1,700,000,000 . From that time the amount began to decline , and in A. D. 800 the supply is estimated to have declined to one - eleventh , or about $ 150,000,000 . This was the period of the dark ages of ...
... Europe is estimated at about $ 1,700,000,000 . From that time the amount began to decline , and in A. D. 800 the supply is estimated to have declined to one - eleventh , or about $ 150,000,000 . This was the period of the dark ages of ...
Page 329
... Europe will permit . The amount of pure silver in a dollar is be- low par . If we restore free and unlimited coinage , " Eu- rope will unload its hoardings of silver upon us , and our cheap silver money will drive out gold . " What prof ...
... Europe will permit . The amount of pure silver in a dollar is be- low par . If we restore free and unlimited coinage , " Eu- rope will unload its hoardings of silver upon us , and our cheap silver money will drive out gold . " What prof ...
Page 331
... Europe . sides , the legal - tender silver in Europe is doing duty as money among the people , and is in fact the money of the people . " No European government will now attempt to rob the people of this necessary circulating medium ...
... Europe . sides , the legal - tender silver in Europe is doing duty as money among the people , and is in fact the money of the people . " No European government will now attempt to rob the people of this necessary circulating medium ...
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