TY - BOOK ID - 6338772 TI - Free banking and monetary reform PY - 1989 SN - 0521361753 0521022517 051152840X 9780521361750 9780511528408 9780521022514 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - money supply. KW - Monetary policy. KW - Banks and banking. KW - AA / International- internationaal KW - 331.156 KW - 331.150 KW - 333.421.1 KW - 333.432.8 KW - 333.403 KW - Money supply KW - Monetary policy KW - Banks and banking KW - 332.46 KW - Agricultural banks KW - Banking KW - Banking industry KW - Commercial banks KW - Depository institutions KW - Finance KW - Financial institutions KW - Money KW - Monetary management KW - Economic policy KW - Currency boards KW - Money stock KW - Quantity of money KW - Supply of money KW - Demand for money KW - Geldwezen van 1914 tot 1945. KW - Geschiedenis van het geldwezen: algemeenheden. KW - Gouden standaard. KW - Internationale monetaire organisatie. Internationaal Muntfonds. Algemene leningovereenkomsten. KW - Monetaire theorieën. Kwantitatieve theorie. Theorie van de incasso's. Optiek van de uitgaven en inkomens. KW - Money supply. KW - Geschiedenis van het geldwezen: algemeenheden KW - Geldwezen van 1914 tot 1945 KW - Monetaire theorieën. Kwantitatieve theorie. Theorie van de incasso's. Optiek van de uitgaven en inkomens KW - Gouden standaard KW - Internationale monetaire organisatie. Internationaal Muntfonds. Algemene leningovereenkomsten KW - Business, Economy and Management KW - Economics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:6338772 AB - The power of the state to issue currency and control the monetary system is so entrenched, and the presumption among economists that money must be supplied monopolistically by a central authority is so widespread, that the notion that money could be supplied competitively has rarely been taken seriously. This book boldly challenges the conventional view that the state must play a dominant role in the monetary system. Part I explores the historical evidence and examines how a well-developed monetary system might have developed without any special role for the state. Part II offers a theory for a competitive supply of money and uses it to shed light on the development of monetary theory and the course of monetary history over the past two centuries. In Part III the author outlines new proposals for monetary reform that will protect the financial system against instability and will ensure macroeconomic stability. ER -