Cover
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
I. What Society Does for the Laborer
II Capital and Labor
III Starvation Wages
IV One Dollar
V Value Cannot Be Given By Government
VI The Value of Paper Money
VII Why Has the Greenback Any Value?
VIII The 3.65-Bond Plan
IX The Mystery of Money
X The Evil of a Depreciating Currency
XI A Few Facts
XII The Lessons of History
XIII The Public Faith
XIV The Cause and the Remedy
XV Some General Thoughts
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The A B C of Finance

Or, the Money and Labor Questions Familiarly Explained to Common People in Short and Easy Lessons
Newcomb, Simon
(1835-1909)
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1877
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Cover
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
I. What Society Does for the Laborer
II Capital and Labor
III Starvation Wages
IV One Dollar
V Value Cannot Be Given By Government
VI The Value of Paper Money
VII Why Has the Greenback Any Value?
VIII The 3.65-Bond Plan
IX The Mystery of Money
X The Evil of a Depreciating Currency
XI A Few Facts
XII The Lessons of History
XIII The Public Faith
XIV The Cause and the Remedy
XV Some General Thoughts
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