§ 1. Purposes of a Circulating Medium, 2. Gold and Silver, why fitted for those purposes, 3. Money a mere contrivance for facilitating exchanges, which CHAPTER VIII. Of the Value of Money, as dependent on § 1. Value of Money, an ambiguous expression, . 2. The Value of Money depends, cæteris paribus, on its quantity, CHAPTER IX. Of the Value of Money, as dependent on § 1. The Value of money, in a state of freedom, conforms to the - 3. This law, how related to the principle laid down in the pre- ceding chapter, 42 CHAPTER XI. Of Credit, as a Substitute for Money. 1. Credit not a creation but a transfer of the means of produc- 2. In what manner it assists production, 50 60 61 CHAPTER XII. Influence of Credit on Prices. 1. The influence of bank notes, bills, and cheques, on price, a 2. Credit a purchasing power similar to money, 3. Effects of great extensions and contractions of credit. Phe- 4. Bills a more powerful instrument for acting on prices than 5. the distinction of little practical importance, - 6. Cheques an instrument for acting on prices, equally power- CHAPTER XIII. Of an Inconvertible Paper Currency. § 1. The value of an inconvertible paper, depending on its quan- 88 |