A Retrospective on the classical gold standard, 1821-1931 /

This is a timely review of the gold standard covering the 110 years of its operation until 1931, when Britain abandoned it in the midst of the Depression. Current dissatisfaction with floating rates of exchange has spurred interest in a return to a commodity standard. The studies in this volume were...

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Corporate Author: National Bureau of Economic Research
Other Authors: Bordo, Michael D., Schwartz, Anna J. 1915-2012
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1984.
Series:Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)
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