F

Fabianism, British, 755

Fact-finding board, 812

Factory system, 615see also, Industry; Technology

Fairchild, Fred Rogers, 812n

Fascism, 813

Federal Reserve Act of 1913, 566

Ferguson, Adam, 198n

Fetter, Frank Albert, 262n, 271n, 486, 631n

Feudalism, 817, 835

Feuerbach, Ludwig, 15

Fiats, 394, 426, 432n, 568see also, Legal tender; Money, paper

Fichte, Johann, 717

Fiduciary media, 430–441, 457, 473, 548, 551, 559, 568see also, Banks and banking; Credit expansion; Inflation; Money

Final causes, 26

Final state of rest, 246

Finance, public, see, Spending, public

Fisher, Irving, 205, 221, 439–440, 486, 540

Flaubert, Gustave, 268n

Flexible standard, 781–783, 784–786

Flight

capital, 515

into real goods, 424, 466–467, 547

Foch, Ferdinand, 509

Forecasting

business, 649, 866–868

economic, 105, 117

quantitative, 207

Foreign exchange

balance of payments and, 449–455

control and bilateral exchange agreements, 794–796

equalization accounts, 459, 781

external drain and, 437, 456, 459, 473, 569, 791

free trade and, 452–453

parity theory of, 452

prices and, 516

speculation and, 454see also, Money; Trade

Foreign investments, 493–495, 497–99

Foreign trade, 322, 452–453, 662

Fourier, Charles, 71n

France

banks and, 443

foreign exchange and, 516

Revolution of, 284n, 425, 819

Franklin, Benjamin, 78n

Free banking, 440, 441–445

Free enterprise, 83, 230see also, Freedom; Laissez faire; Market economy

Free trade

arguments about, 743

British, 81–84

foreign exchange and, 452–453see also, Money; Trade

Freewill, 46, 105, 193, 644see also, Choosing; Valuation

Freedom

economics and, 875–876

foes of, 268

preferred, 280

restricted, 9

significance of, 279–285

French Banking Inquiry, 443

French Revolution

consequence of, 425, 819

Constituent Assembly of, 284n

Freud, Sigmund, 35

Frontier, passing of the, 652–653

Fullarton, Principle of, 441

Functional integration, 252–256

Futures

market, 256–257, 324

uncertainty of, 105, 117, 207, 649, 868