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PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR SOME part of the following pages was written immediately after the appearance of the reports of the committee of the House of Commons on Banks of Issue, and the greater part has since been put together without any definite view to publication. The reason which has determined me in now...
PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR WITH the present collection the publication of Sumner’s Essays comes to an end. The original project of publishers and editor contemplated but a single volume — ” War and Other Essays ” — and they accordingly equipped that volume with a bibliography which was as complete as they then could,...
INTRODUCTION. POLITICAL ECONOMY is the science which treats of general or national wealth, general or aggregate as distinguished from individual, as the term Political implies. This science is directed chiefly against, or has reference to the errors of statesmen or legislators, as connected with trade or the industry of mankind ; and, however extensive,...
INTRODUCTION With the possible exception of the tariff, no one question has so repeatedly confronted the American people as has the problem of establishing a satisfactory system of currency and banking. It has seemed unusually difficult to devise a plan that contains the fundamental requisites of safety, uniformity, and practicability. The proposal to regulate...
INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY THE AUTHOR The attention of the people of the United States at the present time is drawn, with ever increasing interest, to the commercial and financial institutions of foreign countries. This is due, primarily, to the fact that the industrial growth of this country has brought her to the point when...
The purpose of this booklet is to describe the basic process of money creation in a “fractional reserve” banking system. The approach taken illustrates the changes in bank balance sheets that occur when deposits in banks change as a result of monetary action by the Federal Reserve System – the central bank of the...
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Presents a fable about the island kingdom of Mazuma and the growth of its economy from barter to a sophisticated modern system, with its own central bank, to illustrate basic concepts of barter, money, banking, and inflation. Please Activate the Full Screen Mode for Better Viewing Pleasure (2nd...
CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE EARLY YEARS CHAPTER II – THE BEGINNING OF A CAREER CHAPTER III – THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS CHAPTER IV – “THE THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS” CHAPTER V – IN THE GLASGOW CHAIR THE LECTURES ON JUSTICE AND POLICE CHAPTER VI – GLASGOW AND ITS UNIVERSITY CHAPTER VII – THE TOUR...
Synopsis 1. The Evolution of the Money Market. 2. The Importance of the Banking Element. 3. The Origin and Development of Banking. 4. Banking and the Bank of England 5. How the Banker Obtains His Funds. 6. How the Banker Uses His Funds. 7. The Bank of England. 8. Management of the Bank of...
PREFACE The idea expressed and the conclusions arrived at in this work, are the result of many years of careful thought and study, coupled with practical and varied experience of a very busy in connection with industrial, commercial, and financial affairs, both here and abroad. It is now nearly a quarter of a century,...
BANKS AND A PAPER CURRENCY – Introduction by the Author of the Book A pamphlet was published at Louisville, Kentucky, with the title ” Elements of a Bank Charter, arranged for the benefit of the public, and safety of the Stockholders.” As the general reasonings on which it was founded, applying to the proposed...
PREVIEW It is an essential part of the case of the silver men that the country is having “hard times.” The bolters from the Republican convention say, in their manifesto: “Discontent and distress prevail to an extent never before known in the history of the country.” This is an historical assertion. It is distinctly...
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