Monetary Theory Before Adam Smith

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- PART I. THE ANCIENT WORLD -- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY -- CHAPTER II. GREECE -- CHAPTER III. ROME -- CHAPTER IV. SUMMARY -- PART II. THE MIDDLE AGES -- CHAPTER V. INTRODUCTORY -- CHAPTER VI. BUILDING ON TRADITION -- CHAPTER VII. P RICES AND RELATED PROBLEMS -- CHAPTER VIII. OTHER NEW PROBLEMS -- CHAPTER IX. SUMMARY -- PART III. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MODERN AGE -- CHAPTER Χ. INTRODUCTORY -- CHAPTER XI. TRADITIONAL DOCTRINES -- CHAPTER XII. THE VALUE OF MONEY -- CHAPTER XIII. NEW LIGHT ON OLD PROBLEMS -- CHAPTER XIV. SUMMARY -- PART IV. FROM DAVANZATI TO LOCKE -- CHAPTER XV. INTRODUCTORY -- CHAPTER XVI. THE ORIGIN AND FUNCTIONS OF MONEY -- CHAPTER XVII. SOME QUESTIONS OF POLICY -- CHAPTER XVIII. THE COINAGE SYSTEM -- CHAPTER XIX. THE VALUE OF MONEY -- CHAPTER XX. THE THEORY OF PRICE CHANGES -- CHAPTER XXI. THE PRINCIPLES OF CIRCULATION -- CHAPTER XXII. THE VELOCITY OF CIRCULATION -- CHAPTER XXIII. THE PROBLEM OF REFORM -- CHAPTER XXIV. SUMMARY -- PART V. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- CHAPTER XXV. INTRODUCTORY -- CHAPTER XXVI. THE ORIGIN A N D FUNCTIONS OF MONEY -- CHAPTER XXVII. SOME QUESTIONS OF POLICY -- CHAPTER XXVIII. THE COINAGE SYSTEM -- CHAPTER XXIX. THE VALUE OF MONEY : COMMODITY THEORIES -- CHAPTER XXX. THE VALUE OF MONEY: THE QUANTITY THEORY -- CHAPTER XXXI. PRICE CHANGES: ANALYSIS -- CHAPTER XXXII. PRICE CHANGES : EFFECTS -- CHAPTER XXXIII. THE PRINCIPLES OF CIRCULATION -- CHAPTER XXXIV. THE VELOCITY OF CIRCULATION -- CHAPTER XXXV. THE PROBLEM OF REFORM -- CHAPTER XXXVI. SUMMARY -- CHAPTER XXXVII. CONCLUSION: MONEY IN MERCANTILE THOUGHT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX