From gold to Euro : on monetary theory and the history of currency systems / Heinz-Peter Spahn
Imprint
Berlin : Springer, 2001
Descript
ix, 220 p ; 24 cm
CONTENT
On the theory of a monetary economy -- Market organization and monetary contracts -- Money, interest and capital -- Banking and the rise of monetary policy -- Banks as creators of money -- Evolution of currency systems: a game-theoretic perspective -- Hegemony of pound sterling in the gold standard -- European paper money standard: a "DM Club" -- Euro in the world economy -- Multiple international monetary standard