TY - GEN N2 - The premise of the author is that the study of money should commence at the most general level. Consequently, the book is anchored in the context of monetary systems (commodity, fiduciary, and fiat monies). The intent is to give the student of money a very broad perspective. It allows them to understand, for example, how the money we use today differs from money used in the past, or how our current money relates to money discovered by anthropologists in isolated subcultures. AB - The premise of the author is that the study of money should commence at the most general level. Consequently, the book is anchored in the context of monetary systems (commodity, fiduciary, and fiat monies). The intent is to give the student of money a very broad perspective. It allows them to understand, for example, how the money we use today differs from money used in the past, or how our current money relates to money discovered by anthropologists in isolated subcultures. T1 - Money and banking :an intermediate market-based approach / AU - Gerdes, William D., ET - First edition. CN - HG221 N1 - Part of: 2013 digital library. ID - 934065 KW - Money. KW - fiat money KW - interest rates KW - inflation and the secular decline in the value of money KW - seigniorage KW - Austrian views on money and interest rates KW - monetary policy and its shortcomings SN - 9781606497470 TI - Money and banking :an intermediate market-based approach / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1520756 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1520756 ER -