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Essays on the Gold Question

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  • In John Elliott Cairnes

    His “Essays on the Gold Question” (published in Essays in Political Economy, 1873) are considered among the most important 19th-century works on monetary theory. His research into the effects of the discoveries of gold in Australia and California revived support for the quantity theory of money.…

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