Free Banking (Vol. II) History

Cover
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Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 7
Part I. Secondary Accounts of Free Banking Thought
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1. S.G. Checkland (1975), 'Adam Smith and the Bankers', in Andrew S. Skinner and Thomas Wilson (eds), Essays on Adam Smith
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2. Tyler Cowen and Randall Kroszner (1987), 'The Development of the New Monetary Economics'
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3. Scott Sumner (1990), 'The Forerunners of "New Monetary Economics" Proposals to Stabilize the Unit of Account'
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4. Lawrence H. White and George A. Selgin (1990), 'Laissez-Faire Monetary Thought in Jacksonian America'
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5. George A. Selgin and Lawrence H. White (1990), 'Laissez-Faire Monetary Theorists in Late Nineteenth Century America'
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Part II. The 'Free Banking' Era in the United States
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6. Fritz Redlich (1947), 'Free Banking', The Molding of American Banking: Men and Ideas, Part I, 1781-1840
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7. Hugh Rockoff (1974), 'The Free Banking Era: A Reexamination', Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
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8. Robert G. King (1983), 'On the Economics of Private Money', Journal of Monetary Economics
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9. Arthur J. Rolnick and Warren E. Weber (1983), 'New Evidence on the Free Banking Era'
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10. James A. Kahn (1985), 'Another Look at Free Banking in the United States'
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11. Hugh Rockoff (1985), 'New Evidence on Free Banking in the United States'
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Part III. Other Experiences
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12. Richard H. Timberlake (1987), 'Private Production of Scrip-Money in the Isolated Community'
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13. Tyler Cowen and Randall Kroszner (1989), 'Scottish Banking Before 1845: A Model for Laissez-Faire?'
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14. Lawrence H. White (1990), 'Scottish Banking and the Legal Restrictions Theory: A Closer Look'
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15. Eugene N. White (1990), 'Free Banking During the French Revolution'
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Part IV. Private Clearinghouses
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16. Charles W. Muon (1975), 'The Origins of the Scottish Note Exchange'
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17. Richard H. Timberlake, Jr. (1984), 'The Central Banking Role of Clearinghouse Associations'
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18. Donald J. Mullineaux (1987), 'Competitive Monies and the Suffolk Bank System: A Contractual Perspective'
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19. George A. Selgin and Lawrence H. White (1988), 'Competitive Monies and the Suffolk Bank System: Comment'
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20. Donald J. Mullineaux (1988), 'Competitive Monies and the Suffolk Bank System: Reply'
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21. Gary Gorton and Donald J. Mullineaux (1987), 'The Joint Production of Confidence: Endogenous Regulation and Nineteenth Century Commercial-Bank Clearinghouses'
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22. Steven Horwitz (1990), 'Competitive Currencies, Legal Restrictions, and the Origins of the Fed: Some Evidence from the Panic of 1907'
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Name Index......Page 349