Del mar dedicated much of his free time to original research in the great libraries and coin collections of europe on the history of monetary systems and finance. The paper deals with a broad range of topics under the rubric of the international monetary system. He was the first director of the bureau of statistics at the u. The nature of money in modern economy implications and. Alexander del mar history of monetary systems record of actual experiments in money made by various states of the ancient and modern world, as drawn from their statutes, customs, treaties, mining regulations, jurisprudence, history, arch. The nature of money in modern economy american monetary. The history of money systems often shows a pattern of aristotles science of money being.
During the mid1890s, he was distinctly hostile to a central monetary role for gold as a alexander del mar, also alex delmar 18361926, was an american political economist, historian, numismatist and author. Del mar was a rigorous historian who made important contributions to the history of money. He traced the historical development in all ages of which any coinage or other numismatic remains exist. He reveals in the great states of antiquity that money was a pillar of the constitution, its usage, its. He takes a very wide survey, ranging from ancient india, persia, greece, and rome, to argeiitina and its modern. Inthisyearhewasappointed director ofthebureau statistics,atthattimeaboardof.
Alexander del mar, the great monetary historian criticized this error of. Del mar, alexander history of monetary systems 1895 free ebook download as pdf file. Autlinr of a history of the precious mctala, m jywony of money in ancient. Alexander del mar history of monetary systems record of. Catalogue of coins of the shahs of persia in the british museum 1887. It is the result of fifteen years of research by the author, alexander del mar, in great libraries and coin collections of europe. But when the federal reserve provides the banking system with reserves by. Money in ancient states money and civilization the. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Inflation and the integration of an expanding monetary system. Del mar, alexander history of monetary systems 1895. Del mar given to the world a volume containing results of his labours in monetary history and science.
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