International Currency: Past, Present, and Future

Author: Mundell
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: The theme of this volume is "International Currency: Past, Present, and Future." It covers the entire history of international currency from the ancient world to the 21st century and makes bold predictions about its future evolution. The book is divided into five chapters, including the origin of coins, the application and abuse of Gresham's Law in monetary history, the international currency system of the 21st century: will gold make a comeback?, the European monetary system after 50 years of the Bretton Woods system: a comparison of the two systems, and a review of the 20th century.