Essays in Economic History Purchasing Power Parity, Standard of Living, and Monetary Standards
Lawrence H. Officer is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Among his many publications are three other books published by Palgrave: A New Balance of Payments for the United States, 1790-1919 (2021); Everyday Economics (2009); and Two Centuries of Comp...
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1: Purchasing Power Parity: Origin and Use
- Chapter 1: Salamancans and Gerard Malynes
- Chapter 2: Gustav Cassel
- Chapter 3: Purchasing Power Parity in Economic History
- Chapter 4: Afterword to Part I
- Part 2: Purchasing Power Parity: Empirical Studies
- Chapter 5: Absolute and Relative Purchasing Power Parity
- Chapter 6: Law of One Price
- Chapter 7: National Price Level
- Chapter 8: Afterword to Part II
- Part 3: Standard of Living
- Chapter 9: Value of Consumer Bundle
- Chapter 10: Consumer Price Index
- Chapter 11: Compensation of Manufacturing Workers
- Chapter 12: Afterword to Part III
- Part 4: Fixed-Rate Monetary Standards
- Chapter 13: Metallic Standards
- Chapter 14: Classical Gold Standard
- Chapter 15: Bretton Woods System
- Chapter 16: Afterword to Part IV
- Part 5: Anglo-American Monetary Standards
- Chapter 17: American Monetary Standard
- Chapter 18: British Monetary Standard
- Chapter 19: Afterword to Part V
- Part 6: Monetary-Standard Behavior
- Chapter 20: Bullionist Periods
- Chapter 21: Dollar-Sterling Exchange Market
- Chapter 22: U.S. Specie Standard
- Chapter 23: Afterword to Part VI
- Part 7: Economics in Alternative Scenarios
- Chapter 24: Economics and Economic History in Science Fiction.