Case for Gold

'The collection admirably compiles and presents the key ideas behind the historical achievements of the Gold Standard.' Times Literary Supplement

• Acknowledgements, General Introduction, Gerard de Malynes, ‘A Treatise of the Canker of England’s Commonwealth’, John Locke, Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money, David Hume, from Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary, Richard Cantillon, from Essay on the Nature of Trade in General, Henry Thornton, Enquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Paper Credit of Great Britain, Francis Horner, Report, together with Minutes of Evidence, and Accounts, from the Select Committee on the High Price of Gold Bullion, Thomas Robert Malthus, ‘Depreciation of Paper Currency’, David Ricardo, High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes, David Ricardo, from Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, John Stuart Mill, from Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy, George Goschen, from The Theory of the Foreign Exchanges, W. Stanley Jevons, from Money and the Mechanism of Exchange, W. Stanley Jevons, from Investigations in Currency & Finance, Carl Menger, ‘On the Origins of Money’, Knut Wicksell, from Lectures on Political Economy, Ludwig von Mises, from The Theory of Money and Credit, D. H. Robertson, from Money, R. G. Hawtrey, The Gold Standard in Theory and Practice, Murray N. Rothbard, The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar, Jacques Rueff and Fred Hirsch, ‘The Role and the Rule of Gold: An Argument’, Index