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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE NATURE AND FUNCTIONS OF MONEY
1. THE STANDARD OF VALUE...
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2. THE MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE..
3. CREDIT AS A MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE..
4. THE RELATION BETWEEN THE STANDARD OF VAlue and the
MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE..
CHAPTER II
THE MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE: ITS CHARACTERISTICS
AND COMPOSITION, AND THE RELATION BETWEEN
ITS CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS
1. THE IMPORTANCE OF AN ACCURATE, CONVENient, and Safe
CURRENCY.... . . . .
2. CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD CURRENCY..
3. THE COMPOSITION OF MODERN CURRENCIES.
4. GRESHAM'S Law................
5. STANDARD AND SUBSIDIARY COINS....
6. THE CONCURRENT CIRCULATION OF METALLIC AND PAPER
MONEY..
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CHAPTER III
THE STANDARD OF VALUE AND PRICES
1. THE UNIT OF VALUE AND PRICES DEFINED...
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2. THE RELATION BETWEEN THE STANDARD of VALUE AND PRICES
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3. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STANDARDS.
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4. CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF STANDARDS OF VALUE..
5. THE HISTORY OF STANDARDS AND UNITS OF VALUE...
6. THE IMPORTANCE OF STABILITY OF VALUE IN THE STANDARD..
7. DIFFICULTY OF SECURING A STABLE STANDARD OF VALUE...
8. THE INTERPRETATION OF PRICES....
CHAPTER IV
THE VALUE OF THE STANDARD
1. DEMAND FOR THE PRIMARY STANDARD..
2. SUPPLY OF THE STANDARD COMMODITY.
3. THE VALUE OF SECONDARY STANDARDS.
4. THE QUANTITY THEORY..
CHAPTER V
THE ELEMENTS OF THE MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE
2. UNITS OF VALUE AND METHODS OF RECKONING..
1. THE PURPOSE AND IMPORTANCE OF COINAGE..
3. THE SIZE, WEIGHT AND FINENESS OF Coins..
4. THE NAMING AND STAMPING OF COINS..
5. SEIGNIORAGE.......
6. INCONVERTIBLE GOVERNMENT NOTES.
7. CONVERTIBLE GOVERNMENT NOTES..
CHAPTER VI
CREDIT
1. MEANING OF THE TERM...
2. THE ADVANTAGES OF CREDIT..
3. CREDIT INSTRUMENTS..
4. THE FOUNDATIONS OF Credit.
5. CREDIT AND Prices...
CHAPTER VII
BANK CURRENCY
1. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF BANKING INSTITUTIONS.
2. DEPOSITS. . . . . . .
3. LOANS AND DISCOUNTS.
4. DEPOSITS AS CURRENCY..
5. BANK NOTES..
6. THE ADVANTAGES OF BANK CURRENCY.
8. IMPORTANCE OF HONESTY, WISDOM, AND DISCRETION IN BANK
OFFICIALS..
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3. STATE BANKS IN THE PERIOD 1791 TO 1811.
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4. THE PERIOD 1811 TO 1816...
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5. THE SECOND UNITED STATES BANK.....
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6. THE ESTABLISHMENT of the Independent Treasury SYSTEM. 162
7. THE GROWTH AND REPUTATION OF STATE BANKS....
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8. ORIGIN ANd Development of the NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM
9. STATE BANKING SINCE THE CIVIL WAR...........
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CHAPTER XI
BANKING IN CANADA
1. EPOCHS IN THE HISTORY OF CANADA...
2. EARLY CONDITIONS.
3. THE FIRST BANKS..
4. RESTRAINING INFLUENCES ON BANKING EXCESSES..
5. THE EXPERIMENT WITH FREE BANKING.......
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6. STEPS TOWARD THE UNIFORM REGULATION OF BANKING... 202
7. The Issue OF PROVINCIAL Notes....
TO BANKING...
8. THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN ACT OF 1867 IN ITS RELATION
9. THE BANK ACTS OF 1870 AND 1871..
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10. THE DECADE 1870 TO 1880 AND THE REVISION OF 1880...
II. THE DECADE 1880 TO 1890 AND THE REVISION OF 1890... 214
12. RECENT HISTORY..
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CHAPTER XII
BANKING IN ENGLAND
1. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
2. COUNTRY BANKING AND THE ACT OF 1826..
3. THE FIRST BANKS OF DEPOSIT...
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4. DISCOUNT BROKERAGE AS A SPECIAL BRANCH OF BANKING. 224
5. THE BANK ACT OF 1844.....
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6. THE JOINT STOCK-BANKS AND CONCENTRATION...
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7. THE PRESENT FUNCTIONS OF THE VARIOUS GROUPS of Bank-
ING INSTITUTIONS DOING BUSINESS IN ENGLAND.
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CHAPTER XIII
BANKING IN FRANCE
1. ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF THE BANK OF FRANCE.
6. THE PRESENT POSITION OF THE BANK OF FRANCE..
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CHAPTER XIV
BANKING IN GERMANY
1. THE PERIOD PRECEDING 1848.....
2. THE PERIOD 1848 TO 1870....
3. THE PERIOD 1870 TO THE PRESENT DAY.
4. MORTGAGE AND COOPERATIVE BANKS
5. THE PRESENT ORGANIZATION OF THE BANKING BUSINESS IN
GERMANY.
CHAPTER XV
THE MONEY MARKET
1. THE CENTRAL MARKETS..
2. THE CENTRAL RESERves..
3. BANK AND MARKET RAtes..
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