Irving Fisher's encounter with the Quantity theory of Money began in the 1890s, during the debate about bimetallism, and reached its high point in 1911 with the publication of The Purchasing Power of Money. His most important refinement of the theory, derived from his recognition of bank...

1. Economic Scientist, Economic and Social Reformer -- 2. Indifference Curves and a Hydraulic Model of General Equilibrium -- 3. Revitalizing the Quantity Theory of Money: From the Fisher Relation to the Fisher Equation -- 4. The Fisher Diagram and the Neoclassical Theory of Interest and Capital...