GEORGE MACESICH is Professor of Economics at the Florida State University. He is the author of many books and articles, including, most recently, Political Economy of Money: Emerging Fiat Monetary Regimes (Praeger, 1999) and Issues in Money and Banking (Praeger, 2000).

• Preface Past and Present Monetary Regimes Struggle for Monetary Supremacy: Early American Experience Contemporary Experience: Fiat Monetary Regime Moving to a Fiat Monetary Regime A Theoretical Framework Inflation and the Monetary Regime A Role for Fiscal Policy Rational Expectations and Monetary Policy Constraining the Struggle for Monetary Supremacy: Cooperation Theory Selected Bibliography Index

GEORGE MACESICH is Professor of Economics at the Florida State University. He is the author of many books and articles, including, most recently, Political Economy of Money: Emerging Fiat Monetary Regimes (Praeger, 1999) and Issues in Money and Banking (Praeger, 2000).

• Preface Past and Present Monetary Regimes Struggle for Monetary Supremacy: Early American Experience Contemporary Experience: Fiat Monetary Regime Moving to a Fiat Monetary Regime A Theoretical Framework Inflation and the Monetary Regime A Role for Fiscal Policy Rational Expectations and Monetary Policy Constraining the Struggle for Monetary Supremacy: Cooperation Theory Selected Bibliography Index

GEORGE MACESICH is Professor of Economics at the Florida State University. He is the author of many books and articles, including, most recently, Political Economy of Money: Emerging Fiat Monetary Regimes (Praeger, 1999) and Issues in Money and Banking (Praeger, 2000).

• Preface Past and Present Monetary Regimes Struggle for Monetary Supremacy: Early American Experience Contemporary Experience: Fiat Monetary Regime Moving to a Fiat Monetary Regime A Theoretical Framework Inflation and the Monetary Regime A Role for Fiscal Policy Rational Expectations and Monetary Policy Constraining the Struggle for Monetary Supremacy: Cooperation Theory Selected Bibliography Index