Foundations of Monetary Economics

The field of monetary economics has a long and distinguished history. The central issues have remained alive over centuries attracting the attention of some of the best writers on economics. This edition contains key texts from the range of literature in the field, providing a valuable resource for the study of the foundations of monetary economics from writers such as Ricardo, Cantillon, Hume, Malthus, Torrens, J S Mill, Tooke. It also covers the nineteenth-century debates on bullion, currency and monetary control through to monetary non-conformists.O'Brien, Denis is the author of 'Foundations of Monetary Economics' with ISBN 9781851961900 and ISBN 1851961909.