Project Gutenberg 2012-08-06 Public domain in the USA. 339 Wells, David Ames 1828 1898 Wells, David A. Nast, Thomas 1840 1902 Nast, Thos. (Thomas) Robinson Crusoe's Money; or, The Remarkable Financial Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Remote Island Community Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Robinson Crusoe's Money" by David Ames Wells is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work presents an allegorical exploration of the concepts of money and currency through the lens of a fictional remote island community, drawing inspiration from Daniel Defoe's classic character, Robinson Crusoe. The narrative methodically traces the evolution of economic systems from barter to the implementation of money, highlighting the complexities and implications of various monetary theories and practices. At the start of the book, the author introduces the island community and emphasizes the initial uselessness of money in the context of survival. Robinson Crusoe finds three bags of money among salvaged goods but quickly realizes that, without a means of exchange, currency holds no true value. As the population grows with the arrival of other characters, including Friday and English sailors, the narrative explores their transition from a barter-based economy to the adoption of a monetary system. The opening portions outline the challenges they face with direct trading and the subsequent necessity for a recognized standard of value, ultimately setting the stage for deeper discussions on the nature and role of money in society and its consequential impact on wealth and morality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40429/40429-h/images/new-cover.jpg Reading ease score: 40.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Money Currency question -- United States HG Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Economics Category: Economics 256529 2025-06-16T12:28:16.636924 text/html 252635 2012-08-06T14:01:06 text/html; charset=us-ascii 1033239 2025-06-16T12:28:25.557940 application/epub+zip 1051800 2025-06-16T12:28:19.891963 application/epub+zip 176220 2025-06-16T12:28:17.750966 application/epub+zip 1985233 2025-06-16T12:28:29.177923 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1940168 2025-06-16T12:28:23.700936 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222855 2022-09-18T13:37:18.539372 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 202581 2023-09-17T14:13:35.698366 text/plain 16765 2025-06-16T12:28:29.333869 application/rdf+xml 23750 2025-06-16T12:28:17.857952 image/jpeg 2947 2025-06-16T12:28:17.804920 image/jpeg 1209723 2025-06-16T12:28:16.714971 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia