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The role of banks and banking systems in facilitating and shaping the pattern of economic growth has been much explored in an attempt to understand differing levels of economic success in industrializing and mature economies. This is a collection of contributions to the understanding of this role.
VOLUME I Introduction 1844 and the Currency Controversy Introduction 1 An enquiry into the currency principle, the connexion of the currency with prices and the expediency of a separation of issue from banking (1844) Thomas Tooke 2 An enquiry into the practical working of the proposed arrangements for the renewal of the charter of the Bank of England and the regulation of the currency. With a refutation of the fallacies advanced by Mr. Tooke (1844) Robert Torrens 1543 3 The currency question (1844) John Stuart Mill 4 On the accounts of the Bank of England under the operation of the Act 7 & 8 Vict., c.32 (1847)/. T. Danson 5 Currency of the United States (1860) Charles H. Carroll 306 6 Statistical critique of the Bank Charter Act of 1844, and suggestions for an improved system of issue (1872)
Biography
Duncan M Ross
