Explorations in the new monetary economics

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Explorations in the new monetary economics

Tyler Cowen and Randall Kroszner

Blackwell, 1994

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-192) and index

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Description

This work, designed for students and specialists in monetary economics, provides a systematic examination of monetary economics from a new viewpoint - one in which markets provide financial services without recourse to traditional concepts of money. In this analysis, Cowen and Kroszner: examine the potential consequences of a complete deregulation of money and banking; show how a deregulated financial system would evolve and whether the results would be desirable; and analyze both the micro and the macroeconomic consequences of these changes. The authors synthesize Carl Menger's evolutionary theory of money with the modern writings of Black, Fama, Wallace and others. In such a system, currency use would dwindle or disappear, all media of exchange would pay interest, different media of exchange and account would compete with each other, privately-issued exchange media would be evaluated and priced through electronic systems, and checkable mutual funds would replace banks, bringing about a fundamental transformation of monetary institutions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. >Introduction. > PART 1: Theory of Financial Evolution. > > 1. The evolution of Media of Account, Exchange, and Settlement. > PART II: Operation of Alternative Systems. > > Introduction and Overview. >2. Financial Asset Media of Exchange. >3. Commodity Bundle Media of Account. > PART III: History of the New Monetary Economics. > >Introduction and Overview. >4. Early and Anglo American Precursors of the New Monetary Economics. >5. German Language Precursors of the New Monetary Economics. > References. >Index.

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  • NCID
    BA21597845
  • ISBN
    • 1557860718
  • LCCN
    93022618
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    vii, 200 p., 1 leaf of plate
  • Size
    24 cm
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