Monetary Economics

Author: Zhang Shangxue
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: Money is a product of commodity exchange and an important tool for the growth and development of commodity economy. Modern economic life is even more inseparable from money and a sound and well-developed monetary system. This chapter primarily elaborates on the basic principles of the origin of money and the developmental patterns of its forms, analyzes the essence and functions of money, and introduces the historical development and fundamental composition of monetary systems. [menu]