The Money Problem (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Arthur Kitson

 
9780267793822: The Money Problem (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Rethink money from the ground up and see how a credit‑based system could change the way we buy and sell.

This overview presents a provocative view of exchange, value, and how money could work beyond gold or fixed weights. It contrasts barter with a paper system where notes express a buying power, not a specific commodity, and it asks readers to consider who controls money and how that power shapes everyday life.

  • Learn how traditional money and standard of value can be challenged by treating money as a right to obtain goods and services.
  • See the idea of a community bank or mutual notes that circulate as credit to facilitate exchange.
  • Explore why price movements depend on more than supply and demand for goods, including the role of money itself.
  • Consider a framework where all commodities are monetizable and prices stop swinging with gold.
Ideal for readers curious about economic history, money theory, and critiqued systems of finance.

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