The Money Interest and the Public Interest: American Monetary Thought, 1920-1970

by Perry G. Mehrling

The years 1920-1970 saw revolutionary change in the character of the monetary system as a consequence of depression, war, and finally prosperity. The same years saw equally revolutionary change in the character of economic ideas as the rise of statistics, Keynesian economics, and then Walrasian economics transformed the style of economic explanation. The two lines of change reinforced one another, as monetary events posed new questions that required...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674584309
• ISBN13: 9780674584303
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"