| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Inflation and monetary regimes; 3. Inflation under metallic monetary regimes; 4. Moderate paper money inflations; 5. Characteristics of hyperinflations; 6. Currency competition, inflation, Gresham's Law and exchange rate; 7. Ending mild or moderate inflations; 8. Currency reforms ending hyperinflations; 9. Forces establishing, maintaining and eroding stable monetary regimes |
| Summary |
Exploring the characteristics of inflations and comparing historical cases from Roman times up to the modern day, this book provides an in depth discussion of the subject. It analyses the high and moderate inflations caused by the inflationary bias of political systems and economic relationships, as well as the importance of different monetary regimes in containing them. The differences for the possible size of inflations among monetary regimes like metallic currencies, the gold standard and fiat paper money are discussed. It is shown that huge budget deficits of government have been responsib |
| Notes |
Originally published: 2003 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Inflation (Finance) -- History
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Monetary policy -- History
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Economic stabilization.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
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Monetary policy
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Economic stabilization
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Inflation (Finance)
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Internationales Währungssystem
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Inflation
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Economische geschiedenis.
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Monetaire politiek.
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Inflatie.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781784717636 |
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1784717630 |
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