Fase, M. M. G. - In: The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 6 (1999) 1, pp. 58-70
This paper is a historical reflection on the monetary view of Pierson. (1838-1910) a nineteenth-century Dutch economist, Bank president and prime minister, and his writing on the appropriateness of index numbers to measure inflation. Two aspects are conisdered. First, a policy of price stability...