Author: David A. WellsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732649334
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Robinson Crusoe ́s Money by David A. Wells
Robinson Crusoe's money; or, The remarkable financial fortunes and misfortunes of a remote island community. Cobden club ed
Author: David Ames WellsRobinson Crusoe ́s Money
Author: David A. WellsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732649334
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Robinson Crusoe ́s Money by David A. Wells
Robinson Crusoe's money; or, The remarkable financial fortunes and misfortunes of a remote island community. Cobden club ed
Author: David Ames WellsRobinson Crusoe's Money, Or, The Remarkable Financial Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Remote Island Community
Author: David Ames WellsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Currency question
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Robinson Crusoe's Money
Author: David Ames WellsPublisher: E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
ISBN: 6052259450
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
An excellent example of his work in this field is his "ROBINSON CRUSOE'S MONEY", issued first in 1876 when resumption was in doubt, and again in 1896 when the 'free silver' advocacy was in full swing. Wells was among the earliest to appreciate the importance of what has since been known as 'technological unemployment,' the displacing of men by machines ..His writing and speaking was marked by simplicity, candor, and extraordinary facility in the popular adaptation of statistics. His aptness in illustration was as charming as it was effective ..."Importance of Money in De Foe's Robinson CrusoeBecasuse of Money plays an important role in De Foe's Robinson Crusoe even though the islander repeatedly celebrates his triumph over the whole attribution of value to money, a medium of no value to him, who is deprived of all human commerce. Crusoe keeps a continuous account of his wealth and he is finally overwhelmed when he has to realise how rich he became in the time of his isolation. His computations mention:§ English pounds sterling,§ Portuguese Moidors and Cruisadoes, i.e. gold moedas and silver cruzados,§ Spanish Doubloons and Pieces of Eight, i.e. gold doblóns and pesos, silver coins of eight reales,§ unspecified (gold) ducats§ unminted goldAll coins mentioned matched specific amounts of gold and silver and one knew how to calculate between these coins. Our marginal notes offer the equivalents in English money at the rates valid in 1719.The computations for 1719 are not a weak compromise. A gold Moidore minted in 1670 would not contain one gram less gold in 1719 its value as a gold coin would hence remain stable. The value of gold in silver money was, however, unstable.None of the European currencies could fix a price at which gold could be converted; and all currencies gave sums on national silver standards. The problem increased where a country failed to stabilise its silver money (by failing to issue new silver coins of the expected quality). The 1680s and 1690s thus saw the English public unwilling to continue changing their gold guineas into silver shillings at the established rate of 20 shillings the guinea. The guinea rose from 20 to 30 shillings in 1694, it was successfully fixed at 21s, 6d in 1698; the rate was modified to 21 shillings in a new attempt to stabilise the monetary system in 1717, and it was to remain at this ratio till 1816.
Robinson Crusoe's Money. Or, the Remarkable Financial Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Remote Island Community
Author: David Ames WellsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385527740
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Robinson Crusoe's Money
Author: David Ames WellsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Currency question
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Robinson Crusoe's Money
Author: David Ames WellsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781330562406
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Excerpt from Robinson Crusoe's Money: Or the Remarkable Financial Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Remote Island Community The origin of this little book is as follows: Some months ago, the expediency was suggested to the author, by certain prominent friends of hard money in this country, of preparing for popular reading - and possibly for political campaign purposes - a little tract, or essay, in which the elementary principles underlying the important subjects of money and currency should be presented and illustrated from the simplest A B C stand-point. That such a work was desirable, and that none of the very great number of speeches and essays already published on these topics in all respects answered the existing requirement, was admitted; but how to invest subjects, so often discussed, and so commonly regarded as dry and abstract, with sufficient new interest to render them at once attractive and intelligible to those whose tastes disincline them to close reasoning and investigation, was a matter not easy to determine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Money, Language, and Thought
Author: Marc ShellPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520314425
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.
ROBINSON CRUSOES MONEY OR THE
Author: David Ames 1828-1898 WellsPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781371447427
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
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