The Case for Gold Vol 1

The role of gold in the world's exchange system has been hotly contested by leading economists. This work collects the most important arguments in favour of gold, including such works as David Ricardo's "High price of Bullion" and W. Stanley Jevons's "Money and the Mechanism of Exchange".

1: Gerard de Malynes ( fl . 1586–1623); 1: A Treatise of the Canker of England?s Commonwealth.; 2: John Locke (1632–1704); 2: Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money.; 3: David Hume (1711–76); 3: Essay I. – Of Commerce.; 4: Essay III. – Of Mony.; 5: Essay IV. – Of Interest.; 6: Essay V. – OF The Balance of Trade.; 4: Richard Cantillon (1697–1734); 7: Chapter I; 8: Chapter II; 9: Chapter III; 10: Chapter IV; 11: Chapter V.; 12: Chapter VI.; 13: Chapter VII.; 14: Chapter VIII.; 5: Henry Thornton (1760–1815); 15: Chap. I; 16: Chap. II; 17: Chap. III; 18: Chap. IV; 19: Chap. V; 20: Chap. VI; 21: Chap. VII; 22: Chap. VIII; 23: Chap. IX; 24: Chap. X; 25: Chapter XI

William Rees-Mogg