A History of Money - From AD 800 (Paperback, New Ed)

Everyone is familiar with money. Yet few realize that currently contentious issues and financial difficulties are not new. On the contrary, most are firmly rooted in the past and when examined help to put current economic problems in historical context. This text presents a history of money from Charlemagne's reform in approximately AD 800 to the end of the Silver Wars in 1896. It offers a summary of 20th-century events and an analysis of how the past relates to present problems. This book examines how virtually all modern difficulties associated with money have precedents in the past. It discusses how a mercantile system developed alongside simple, metallic, medieval coinage, in a way which has important lessons for the countries now emerging from central planning. It covers the great periods of monetary disputes, Henry VIII and Sir Thomas Greshem, Isaac Newton's Great recoinage of 1696, Ricardo and the Bullion Committee Report, the battle between the Banking and currency schools, and the neglected but relevant, issues of bimetallism and European monetary union in the late 19th-century.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1996
First published:	1994
Authors:	John F. Chown
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-13729-4
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Macroeconomics > Monetary economics Promotions
LSN:	0-415-13729-2
Barcode:	9780415137294

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