Retrospective on the Classical Gold Standard, 1821-1931

Name: Retrospective on the Classical Gold Standard, 1821-1931
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ISBN: 9780226065908

ISBN-10: 0226065901

ISBN-13: 9780226065908

Edition: 1984

Authors: Michael D. Bordo, Anna J. Schwartz

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This is a timely review of the gold standard covering the 110 years of its operation until 1931, when Britain abandoned it in the midst of the Depression. Current dissatisfaction with floating rates of exchange has spurred interest in a return to a commodity standard. The studies in this volume were designed to gain a better understanding of the historical gold standard, but they also throw light on the question of whether restoring it today could help cure inflation, high interest rates, and low productivity growth. The volume includes a review of the literature on the classical gold standard; studies the experience with gold in England, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Canada; and…

Book details

List price: $120.00
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/1/1984
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 689
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English



Preface


Introduction




The Gold Standard as Interpreted in Traditional and Revisionist Works Chairman: Moses Abranovitz



The Gold Standard: The Traditional Approach



Comment



General Discussion



The Success of Purchasing-Power Parity: Historical Evidence and Its Implications for Macroeconomics



Comments



General Discussion



Technical Procedures: Rules of the Game Chairman




The Bank of England and the Rules of the Game under the International Gold Standard: New Evidence



Comment




Bank of England Operations, 1893-1913



Comment



General Discussion of Dutton and Pippenger Papers



The Gold Standard and the Bank of England in the Crisis of 1847



Comment



General Discussion



International Experience in the Operation of the Gold Standard Chairman




Canada and the Interwar Gold Standard, 1920-35: Monetary Policy without a Central Bank



Comment



General Discussion



Operations of the German Central Bank and the Rules of the Game, 1879-1913



Comment



General Discussion



Swedish Experience under the Classical Gold Standard, 1873-1914



Comment




Italy in the Gold Standard Period, 1861-1914



Comment



General Discussion of Jonung and Fratianni-Spinelli Papers



International Linkages under the Gold Standard Chairman




The Gold Standard and the Transmission of Business Cycles, 1833-1932



Comment




Real Output and the Gold Standard Years, 1830-1913



Comment



General Discussion of Huffman-Lothian and Easton Papers



Canada without a Central Bank: Operation of the Price-Specie-Flow Mechanism, 1872-1913



Comment



General Discussion



The Gold Standard as a Stabilizer of Commodity Prices Chairman




War, Prices, and Interest Rates: A Martial Solution to Gibson's Paradox



Comment



General Discussion



Some Evidence on the Real Price of Gold, Its Costs of Production, and Commodity Prices



Comment



General Discussion



The Image of the Gold Standard



Participants


Author Index


Subject Index