Free Banking (Vol. I) Nineteenth Century Thought

Cover
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Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 6
Introduction......Page 7
Part I. The British Free Banking School
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1. Robert Mushet (1826), An Attempt to Explain from Facts the Effect of the Issues of the Bank of England upon Its Own Interests, Public Credit, and Country Banks
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2. Thomas Hodgskin (1827), 'Money', Popular Political Economy
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3. G. Poulett Scrope (1832), 'The Rights of Industry and the Banking System' (excerpt)
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4. Samuel Bailey (1840), 'On Joint-Stock Banks, and Country Issues', A Defence of Joint-Stock Banks and Country Issues
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5. James William Gilbart (1841), 'The Currency: Banking', Westminster Review
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Part II. American Free Banking Thought
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6. Richard Hildreth (1840), Banks, Banking, and Paper Currencies, Parts 1, 2 and 3
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Part III. Later British Writers
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7. Herbert Spencer (1858), 'State-Tamperings with Money & Banks'
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8. O.E. Wesslau (1887), in Bancroft Cooke (ed.), Rational Banking (The Remedy for Depression in Trade) Versus Bank Monopoly
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Name Index......Page 400