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First published 1896

Money and the Mechanism of Exchange

by W. Stanley Jevons

D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1896371 pagesUpdated November 7, 2009

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Author
W. Stanley Jevons
First published
1896
Format
PDF
Pages
371
Publisher
D. Appleton and Company, New York
License
Believed to be in the public domain by publication date; not independently confirmed.

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W. Stanley Jevons Money and the Mechanism of Exchange

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William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882) was an English economist and logician. He is one of three economists (along with Léon Walras and Carl Menger) who developed the theory of marginal utility in 1871, thus transforming the understanding of the theory of value. This archive holds 3 of Jevons's works.

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27 chapters · page numbers are this file's

  1. Prefacep. 9
  2. I. Barterp. 23
  3. II. Exchangep. 30
  4. III. The Functions of Moneyp. 35
  5. IV. Early History of Moneyp. 41
  6. V. Qualities of the Material of Moneyp. 52
  7. VI. The Metal as Moneyp. 63
  8. VII. Coinsp. 75
  9. VIII. The Principles of Circulationp. 89
  10. IX. Systems of Metallic Moneyp. 108
  11. X. The English System of Metallic Currencyp. 127
  12. XI. Fractional Currencyp. 144
  13. XII. The Battle of the Standardsp. 157
  14. XIII. Technical Matters Relating to Coinagep. 172
  15. XIV. International Moneyp. 188
  16. XV. The Mechanism of Exchangep. 211
  17. XVI. Representative Moneyp. 216
  18. XVII. The Nature and Varieties of Promissory Notesp. 228
  19. XVIII. Methods of Regulating a Paper Currencyp. 239
  20. XIX. Credit Documentsp. 260
  21. XX. Book Credit and the Banking Systemp. 273
  22. Chapter XXI. The Clearing House Systemp. 285
  23. XXII. The Cheque Bankp. 312
  24. XXIII. Foreign Bills of Exchangep. 321
  25. XXIV. The Bank of England and the Money Marketp. 331
  26. XXV. A Tabular Standard of Valuep. 347
  27. XXVI. The Quantity of Money Needed by a Nationp. 356

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W. Stanley Jevons 1835–1882

William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882) was an English economist and logician. He is one of three economists (along with Léon Walras and Carl Menger) who developed the theory of marginal utility in 1871, thus transforming the understanding of… Read more about W. Stanley Jevons.

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