The authors explore the connection between the 1971 - 1973breakdown of the Bretton Woods Agreement and the rapid run-up in the (US) dollar price of oil in 1973 and 1974. Although both episodes are usually discussed in textbook presentations, they are not linked, either coincidentally or...

Purpose – This paper examines the monetary thought of Arthur Kitson (1861-1937) as expressed in his published works and in recently discovered answers he submitted in 1922 to a questionnaire from Thomas Edison, the US inventor. Design/methodology/approach – Both original source material from...