Monetary and Economic Policy Problems Before, During, and After the Great War. Людвиг фон Мизес

      

MONETARY AND ECONOMIC POLICY PROBLEMS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE GREAT WAR

      Titles in the Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises

      EDITED BY BETTINA BIEN GREAVES

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      The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method

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      Selected Writings of Ludwig von Mises

      Volume 1: Monetary and Economic Policy Problems Before, During, and After the Great War

      Volume 2: Between the Two World Wars: Monetary Disorder, Interventionism, Socialism, and the Great Depression

      Volume 3: The Political Economy of International Reform and Reconstruction

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      CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Part 1. Austro-Hungarian Monetary and Fiscal Policy Issues Before the First World War

1. The Political-Economic Motives of the Austrian Currency Reform

       2. The Problem of Legal Resumption of Specie Payments in Austria-Hungary

       3. The Foreign Exchange Policy of the Austro-Hungarian Bank

       4. On the Problem of Legal Resumption of Specie Payments in Austria-Hungary: A Reply to Walther Federn

       5. The Fourth Issuing Right of the Austro-Hungarian Bank

       6. Financial Reform in Austria

       7. The General Rise in Prices in the Light of Economic Theory

       8. On Rising Prices and Purchasing Power Policies

       9. Disturbances in the Economic Life of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy During the Years 1912-1913

       Part 2. Economic Policy Issues in the Midst of the Great War

       10. On the Goals of Trade Policy

       11. Inflation

       12. On Paying for the Costs of War and War Loans

       13. Remarks Concerning the Problem of Emigration

       Part 3. Austrian Fiscal and Monetary Problems in the Post-War Period

       14. Monetary Devaluation and the National Budget

       15. For the Reintroduction of Normal Stock Market Practices in Foreign Exchange Dealings

       16. On Carl Menger’s Eightieth Birthday

       17. How Can Austria Be Saved? An Economic Policy Program for Austria

       18. The Claims of Note Holders upon Liquidation of the Bank

       19. The Austrian Currency Problem Thirty Years Ago and Today

       20. The Restoration of Austria’s Economic Situation

       21. The Austrian Problem

       22. The Gold-Exchange Standard

       23. The Social Democratic Agrarian Program

       24. America and the Reconstruction of the European Economy