A practical plan for assimilating the English and American money, as a step towards a universal money, by the late Walter Bagehot; reprinted from the 'Economist,' with additions and a preface.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bagehot, Walter, 1826-1877.

Contributor:

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coinage, International.

Physical Description:

xxii, 71 p. 20 cm.

Edition:

2d ed.

Other Title:

Universal money

Place of Publication:

London, and New York, Longmans, Green, 1889.

Contents:

Prefatory note

Preface

The alleged and the real advantages of an international coinage

The real advantage of an international measure of account

The conditions which an international coinage should satisfy, and the reasonw hy no existing coniage fulfils them

The practical proposals for an international coniage

The result of the discussion

The real feasibility of assimilating the English and the American currencies

Note on seignorage.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Stamped on title page: "Received Nov 20 1889."

OCLC:

4652237