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LoC No.: 24001992
Title: A Tract on Monetary Reform
Note: American edition (New York, Harcourt, Brace and company) has title: Monetary reform.
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tract_on_Monetary_Reform
Credits: Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Summary: "A Tract on Monetary Reform" by John Maynard Keynes is an economic treatise written in the early 20th century. The book discusses the vital role of stable currency in society and explores how fluctuations in the value of money affect wealth distribution and production. Aimed at economists and policymakers, it addresses the urgent need for monetary reform in the wake of post-war economic instability. The opening of the book presents a strong argument regarding the social consequences of changes in the value of money, emphasizing that such changes disproportionately impact different classes of society. Keynes outlines the challenges faced by the investing class, business class, and wage earners due to inflation and deflation, illustrating the complexities of economic interactions and the instability caused by erratic monetary policies. He argues for a more scientific approach to currency management to avoid the detrimental effects of fluctuation on production and social equity, setting the stage for the deeper analysis that follows in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 50.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Author: Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946
EBook No.: 65278
Published: May 8, 2021
Downloads: 593
Language: English
Subject: Money
Subject: Foreign exchange
Subject: Currency question
LoCC: Social sciences: Finance
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
LoC No.: 24001992
Title: A Tract on Monetary Reform
Note: American edition (New York, Harcourt, Brace and company) has title: Monetary reform.
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tract_on_Monetary_Reform
Credits: Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Summary: "A Tract on Monetary Reform" by John Maynard Keynes is an economic treatise written in the early 20th century. The book discusses the vital role of stable currency in society and explores how fluctuations in the value of money affect wealth distribution and production. Aimed at economists and policymakers, it addresses the urgent need for monetary reform in the wake of post-war economic instability. The opening of the book presents a strong argument regarding the social consequences of changes in the value of money, emphasizing that such changes disproportionately impact different classes of society. Keynes outlines the challenges faced by the investing class, business class, and wage earners due to inflation and deflation, illustrating the complexities of economic interactions and the instability caused by erratic monetary policies. He argues for a more scientific approach to currency management to avoid the detrimental effects of fluctuation on production and social equity, setting the stage for the deeper analysis that follows in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 50.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Author: Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946
EBook No.: 65278
Published: May 8, 2021
Downloads: 593
Language: English
Subject: Money
Subject: Foreign exchange
Subject: Currency question
LoCC: Social sciences: Finance
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.