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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785126503321

Autore

Hobson J. A (John Atkinson), <1858-1940.>

Titolo

Gold, prices & wages [[electronic resource] ] : with an examination of the quantity theory / / by J.A. Hobson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-92183-4

1-282-89862-0

9786612898624

0-203-84468-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (80 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Disciplina

332.401

332.53

Soggetti

Prices

Gold

Quantity theory of money

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint of the 1913 ed.

Includes index.

"With two diagrams."

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; PREFACE; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I: THE RISE OF PRICES; CHAPTER II: THE PRICE PROBLEM. QUANTITY OF MONEY; CHAPTER III: GOLD AND PRICES; CHAPTER IV: GOLD AND CREDIT; CHAPTER V: THE BASIS OF CREDIT; CHAPTER VI: RETARDATION OF THE SUPPLY OF GOODS; CHAPTER VII: THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH; CHAPTER VIII: THE THEORY OF MONEY AND PRICES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1913, this Routledge Revivals title reissues J. A. Hobson's seminal analysis of the causal link between the rise in gold prices and the increase in wages and consumer buying power in the early years of the Twentieth Century. Contrary to the assertions of some notable contemporary economists and businessmen, Hobson contended that the relationship between gold prices and wages (and the resulting social unrest across much of Europe) was in fact much more complex than it initially appeared and that there were



significantly more important factors in the rise of contem