A history of the greenbacks, with special reference to the economic consequences of their issue: 1862-65, by Wesley Clair Mitchell ...

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The decennial publications of the University of Chicago. [2d ser., vol. IX]Publication details: Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1903.Description: xvi, 577 p. incl. tables. diagrs. 23 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • HG604 .M68
Contents:
Part I: History of the Legal-Tender Acts -- The Suspension of Specie Payments -- The First Legal-Tender Act -- The Second Legal-Tender Act -- The Third Legal-Tender Act -- How Further Issues of Greebacks Were Avoided in 1864 and 1865 -- Part II: Economic Consequences of the Legal Tender Acts -- Preliminary Sketch -- The Circulating Medium -- The Specie Value of the Paper Currency -- Prices -- Wages -- Rent -- Interest and Loan Capital -- Profits -- The Production and Consumption of Wealth -- The Greenbacks and the Cost of the Civil War.
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Part I: History of the Legal-Tender Acts -- The Suspension of Specie Payments -- The First Legal-Tender Act -- The Second Legal-Tender Act -- The Third Legal-Tender Act -- How Further Issues of Greebacks Were Avoided in 1864 and 1865 -- Part II: Economic Consequences of the Legal Tender Acts -- Preliminary Sketch -- The Circulating Medium -- The Specie Value of the Paper Currency -- Prices -- Wages -- Rent -- Interest and Loan Capital -- Profits -- The Production and Consumption of Wealth -- The Greenbacks and the Cost of the Civil War.