I'm looking for a short book that I can recommend to some others on the fundamentals of money. (Well I'll probably read it too but this mainly has to be shorter because I don't want to scare them off with an 1000 page Rothbardian tome.)
By the way, a question also--do any Austrian authors ever make a significant distinction between money and currency?
Ansury:I'm looking for a short book that I can recommend to some others on the fundamentals of money. (Well I'll probably read it too but this mainly has to be shorter because I don't want to scare them off with an 1000 page Rothbardian tome.)
What Has Government Done to Our Money?, 191 pages
Ansury:By the way, a question also--do any Austrian authors ever make a significant distinction between money and currency?
Not that I am aware of.
If I wrote it more than a few weeks ago, I probably hate it by now.
Oh! Sorry but I forgot to mention, I'm specifically interested in this case in the origins of money. Although from the look of the TOC I think he may have addressed that, too, so it's a good suggestion.
its not a book.
its better than a book!
http://mises.org/multimedia/mp3/misescircle-ny06/Block.mp3 'the origins of money'
Where there is no property there is no justice; a proposition as certain as any demonstration in Euclid
Fools! not to see that what they madly desire would be a calamity to them as no hands but their own could bring
Nice! That certainly sounds like what I meant to ask for! Thanks guys!
Money and Banking
http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/9271.aspx
Short enough?
February 17 - 1600 - Giordano Bruno is burnt alive by the catholic church. Aquinas : "much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death."
The first two parts of Mises' theory of money and credit. It's the best way to go for a complete understanding on the role/nature of money; its emergence through free market activity, and the potential destruction it may cause when manipulated.
"If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion."