The Theory of Money and Credit

By Ludwig Mises

Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) first published
The Theory of Money and Credit in German, in 1912. The edition presented here is that published by Liberty Fund in 1980, which was translated from the German by H. E. Batson originally in 1934, with additions in 1953. Only a few corrections of obvious typos were made for this website edition. One character substitution has been made: the ordinary character “C” has been substituted for the “checked C” in the name Cuhel.

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Translator/Editor

H. E. Batson, trans.

First Pub. Date

1912

Publisher

Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, Inc. Liberty Classics

Pub. Date

1981

Comments

First published in German. Foreword by Murray Rothbard and Introduction by Lionel Robbins not available online

Copyright

The text of this edition is under copyright. Picture of Ludwig von Mises: file photo, Liberty Fund, Inc.

By Murray N. Rothbard

FOREWORD

Not currently available.

See Altmann, “Zur deutschen Geldlehre des 19. Jahrhunderts,” in
Die Entwicklung der deutschen Volkswirtschaftslehre im 19. Jahrhundert, Schmoller Festschrift (Leipzig, 1908).

See Döring,
Die Geldtheorien seit Knapp, 1st ed. (Greifswald, 1921; 2d ed. Greifswald, 1922); Palyi,
Der Streit um die Staatliche Theorie des Geldes (Munich and Leipzig, 1922) (also in
Schmoller’s Jahrbuch, 45. Jahrgang). Also see the acute investigations of G. M. Verrijn Stuart,
Inleiding tot de Leer der Waardevastheid van het Geld (‘s Gravenhage, 1919).