19th Century · English
Money and the Mechanism of Exchange
Money and the Mechanism of Exchange, by William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Prefaceprose
- 02Chapter I: Barterprose
- 03Chapter II: Exchangeprose
- 04Chapter III: The Functions of Moneyprose
- 05Chapter IV: Early History of Moneyprose
- 06Chapter V: Qualities of the Material of Moneyprose
- 07Chapter VI: The Metals as Moneyprose
- 08Chapter VII: Coinsprose
- 09Chapter VIII: The Principles of Circulationprose
- 10Chapter IX: Systems of Metallic Moneyprose
- 11Chapter X: The English System of Metallic Currencyprose
- 12Chapter XI: Fractional Currencyprose
- 13Chapter XII: The Battle of the Standardsprose
- 14Chapter XIII: Technical Matters Relating to Coinageprose
- 15Chapter XIV: International Moneyprose
- 16Chapter XV: The Mechanism of Exchangeprose
- 17Chapter XVI: Representative Moneyprose
- 18Chapter XVII: The Nature and Varieties of Promissory Notesprose
- 19Chapter XVIII: Methods of Regulating a Paper Currencyprose
- 20Chapter XIX: Credit Documentsprose
- 21Chapter XX: Book Credit and the Banking Systemprose
- 22Chapter XXI: The Clearing-House Systemprose
- 23Chapter XXII: The Cheque Bankprose
- 24Chapter XXIII: Foreign Bills of Exchangeprose
- 25Chapter XXIV: The Bank of England and the Money Marketprose
- 26Chapter XXV: A Tabular Standard of Valueprose
- 27Chapter XXVI: The Quantity of Money Needed by a Nationprose
- 28Conclusion.prose