Introduction -- 1 What is money? -- A History of Money and Banking -- 2 Money from the very beginning -- 3 Banks enter the scene -- 4 The dawn of modern banking -- 5 The creation of a paper currency -- 6 Modern banking comes of age -- 7 The role of banks in a modern economy -- II An Analysis of...

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-art research in the field of monetary history. The authors comprise a collection of leading academics from universities worldwide. Thanks to its unrivaled breadth both in time (from antiquity to the present) and geographical...

Primitive and Non-metallic Money -- Monetary System of Ancient Asia: China -- Monetary System of the Ancient Regime -- Medieval Debasement and Seigniorage -- Gresham's Law -- Flows of Precious Metals and Prices in Europe -- Rise and Decline of the Global Silver Standard -- Money, Trade, and...

Chapter 1: Introduction: Why to Study “The Portuguese Escudo Monetary Zone and its Impact in Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa” -- Part I. The Origin of the Escudo Monetary Zone -- Chapter 2: The Escudo Monetary Zone -- Chapter 3: The Difficulties in launching the Escudo Monetary Zone --...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. From War Financier to Bankers’ Bank -- Chapter 3. Central Banks under the Gold Standard -- Chapter 4. The Federal Reserve: A Unique Institution -- Chapter 5. From War to War: 1914-1939 -- Chapter 6. Post-war Progress: 1946-1960 -- Chapter 7. The 1960s:...

1. Why Another Book about Money? -- 2. Imagine a World Without Money -- 3. A Brief History of Money -- 4. Saving, Lending, Borrowing, and the Banking Sector -- 5. Central Banks, Monetary Policy, and the Economy -- 6. The Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 and the Great Recession -- 7. Economic Growth...

Chapter 1. Rationale for the existence of money: conceptual, historical and institutional elements -- Chapter 2. The monetary hegemony of the United States: power of high finance, reign of the dollar and global chaos -- Chapter 3. Europe, between aporias and impasses: From the straitjacket of...

Introduction -- PART 1: THE PRESENT SCENE -- 1 Modern money - a matter of trust -- 2 Globalization without global money -- 3. The global menace of US monetary policies -- PART TWO: THE ESSENCE OF GOOD MONEY -- 4. What we mean by “good money” -- 5. Why good money has a solid anchor -- PART...

Part 1: Purchasing Power Parity: Origin and Use -- Chapter 1: Salamancans and Gerard Malynes -- Chapter 2: Gustav Cassel -- Chapter 3: Purchasing Power Parity in Economic History -- Chapter 4: Afterword to Part I -- Part 2: Purchasing Power Parity: Empirical Studies -- Chapter 5: Absolute and...

Manias, Panics and Crashes , is a scholarly and entertaining account of the way that mismanagement of money and credit has led to financial explosions over the centuries. Covering such topics as the history and anatomy of crises, speculative manias, and the lender of last resort, this book has...