Robinson Crusoe's Money: Or, The Remarkable Financial Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Remote Island CommunityGreenwood Press, 1969 - 118 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-3 de 17
Página 40
... moment became Money . This purchasing power was at first by no means fixed or constant . So long as there was but a small quantity of gold , its purchasing power was large . As the quantity extracted 40 ROBINSON CRUSOE'S MONEY .
... moment became Money . This purchasing power was at first by no means fixed or constant . So long as there was but a small quantity of gold , its purchasing power was large . As the quantity extracted 40 ROBINSON CRUSOE'S MONEY .
Página 43
... purchasing power of the stock on hand for other commodities gradually increased , until it came about that the result of an average day's labor in digging gold was found to buy more than the result of an average day's labor in other ...
... purchasing power of the stock on hand for other commodities gradually increased , until it came about that the result of an average day's labor in digging gold was found to buy more than the result of an average day's labor in other ...
Página 105
... purchasing power of gold the world over had not varied in any degree ; but that the price of almost every other thing produced on the island had so varied and relatively increased , by reason of domestic fiscal circumstances , that it ...
... purchasing power of gold the world over had not varied in any degree ; but that the price of almost every other thing produced on the island had so varied and relatively increased , by reason of domestic fiscal circumstances , that it ...
Contenido
CHAPTER I | 11 |
HOW THEY INVENTED MONEY | 20 |
GOLD AND HOW THEY CAME TO USE | 38 |
Otras 3 secciones no mostradas
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Robinson Crusoe's Money: The Remarkable Financial Fortunes and Misfortunes ... David Ames Wells Vista previa limitada - 2023 |
Términos y frases comunes
abundance accordingly acquired adopted amount babies bank barter became bluebacks body bread bushel called cannibals capital carried cattle cent certificates of deposit Charles Moran chasing power circulation circumstances cloth coal coat coin commodities cowry money currency debts demand depreciated desired dollar equivalent exchange experience fiscal fluctuations foreign friends Friends of Humanity gold gold as money Government heathen hundred ideal money increased instrumentality interest island issued John Law knives labor Lacteal legal tender legal-tender loan metal milk milk-tickets necessity Needum never non-exportable obtain once payment person philosophers piece possession promises to pay purchasing power purpose quantity reason receive rency represented result Robinson Crusoe serve as money ship Society Islands soon standard supply tailor thing tickets tion trade Twist United value or purchasing wampum wanted wealth weight wheat William Kieft worth worthless