Chapter 2 of 41 · Treatises and Essays on Subjects connected with Economic Policy by John Ramsay McCulloch

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A TREATISE ON MONEY:
- Sect. I.—Circumstances which led to the use of Money. Principal properties which every Commodity used as such ought to possess. Not a Sign or a Measure of Value, but a real Equivalent, . . Page 1
- II.—Circumstances which regulate the Exchangeable Value of Money, . . . . 14
- III.—A Moderate Seignorage on Coined Money advantageous. Principles which should regulate its amount, . . . . . 23
- IV.—Expense of a Currency consisting of the Precious Metals, . . . . . 33
- V.—Paper Money. Principle on which its Value is maintained, . . . . . 35
- VI.—Whether Gold or Silver should be adopted as the Standard of the Currency, or whether it should consist of both, . . . . 43
- VII.—Standard of Money. Degradation of the Standard in Rome, France, Great Britain, and other countries. Effects of this degradation, . . . 48Edition: current; Page: [vi]
A TREATISE ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH DETERMINE THE COURSE OF EXCHANGE:
- Inland Exchange, . . . . . . 81
- Foreign Exchange, . . . . . 88
  - Sect. I.—Nominal Exchange, . . . . 89
  - II.—Real Exchange, . . . . 106
  - III.—Computed Exchange, . . . . 126
- History and Influence of Bills of Exchange, . . 132
ESSAY ON INTEREST AND USURY LAWS, . . 137
A TREATISE ON THE LETTING AND OCCUPANCY OF LAND, . . . . . . 165
- 1. Money Rents, . . . . . . 173
- 2. Proportional Rents, . . . . . 175
- 3. Produce Rents, . . . . . 188
- 4. Service Rents, . . . . . . 190
- 5. Conditions in Leases, . . . . . 198
- 6. Over-Renting and Under-Renting, . . . 207
- 7. Claims for Unexhausted Improvements, . . 215
- 8. Tenants’ Right, . . . . . 219
AN ESSAY SHOWING THE ERRONEOUSNESS OF THE PREVAILING OPINIONS IN REGARD TO ABSENTEEISM, . . . . . . 223
SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF COMMERCE, TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY:
- Sect. I.—Phœnician Commerce, . . . . 251
- II.—Grecian Commerce, . . . . 264
- III.—Roman Commerce, . . . . 279
- IV.—Italian Commerce in the Middle Ages, . . 308
- V.—Vasco De Gama and Columbus, . . 330
AN ESSAY ON THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND DECLINE OF COMMERCE IN HOLLAND, . . . 341Edition: current; Page: [vii]
AN ESSAY ON THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND DECLINE OF THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE, . . . 373
ESSAY ON THE ORIGIN OF THE COMPASS, . . 387
SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS OF MARITIME LAW, 391
AN ESSAY ON THE COLONIAL SYSTEM OF THE ANCIENTS, . . . . . . 405
SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF FRANCIS QUESNAY, . . . . . . 429
SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF ADAM SMITH, LL.D., . . . . . 443
SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF DAVID RICARDO, Esq., M.P., . . . . . 469

Edition: current; Page: [viii]

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