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Cover of The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot

Edited by Forrest Morgan

Published: 1995
DOI: 10.4324/9780415131544
Set ISBN: 9780415131544

Set Contents

The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot

Edited by
Forrest Morgan

Volume Contents

Front Matter
Lombard Street. By Walter Bagehot
- I
  
  Introductory.
- II
  
  A General View of Lombard Street.
- III
  
  How Lombard Street Came to Exist, and why it Assumed its Present Form.
- IV
  
  The Position of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Money Market.
- V
  
  The Mode in Which the Value of Money is Settled in Lombard Street.
- VI
  
  Why Lombard Street is Often Very Dull and Sometimes Extremely Excited.
- VII
  
  A More Exact Account of the Mode in Which the Bank of England Has Discharged Its Duty of Retaining a Good Bank Reserve, and of Administering it Effectually.
- VIII
  
  The Government of the Bank of England.
- IX
  
  The Joint-Stock Banks.
- X
  
  The Private Banks.
- XI
  
  The Bill-Brokers.
- XII
  
  The Principles which Should Regulate the Amount of the Banking Reserve to Be Kept By the Bank of England.
- XIII
  
  Conclusion.
- Appendix.
Economic Studies. By Walter Bagehot
- Prefatory Note.
- The Postulates of English Political Economy.
  - The Postulates...
  - I
    
    —The Transferability of Labor.
  - II
    
    —The Transferability of Capital.
- The Preliminaries of Political Economy.
- Adam Smith and our Modern Economy.
- Malthus.
- Ricardo.
- The Late Mr Mill.
- The Growth of Capital.
- Cost of Production.
- Appendix.
International Coinage. By Walter Bagehot
- The Alleged and the Real Advantages of an International Coinage.
- The Real Advantage of an International Measure of Account.
- The Conditions which an International Coinage Should Satisfy, and the Reasons why no Existing Coinage Fulfills them.
- The Practical Proposals for an International Coinage.
- The Practical Proposals for an International Coinage.
- The Result of the International-Coinage Discussion.
- The real Feasibility of Assimilating the English and the American Currencies.
Some Articles on the Depreciation of Silver, and on Topics Connected with it. By Walter Bagehot
- Prelims
- I
  
  The Low Value of Silver and Its Effect on India.
- II
  
  The Remedies for the Fall in Silver.
- III
  
  Further Suggestions on the Fall in Silver.
- IV
  
  The Effects of the Resumption of Specie Payments in France on the Price of Silver.
- V
  
  The Effect of a Depreciation of Silver on our Foreign, and Especially on our Eastern Trade.
- VI
  
  The Extreme Fall in Silver, and the Hasty Remedies Proposed.
- VII
  
  The Report of the Committee on the Depreciation of Silver.
- VIII
  
  The Proposal of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce to Suspend the Coinage of Silver In India.
- IX
  
  The Debate on the Indian Budget.
- X
  
  The Different Effect on Trade of a Cheapening of the Precious Metals, and of a Depreciation of Inconvertible Paper.
- XI
  
  The American Commission on the Currency.
- XII
  
  The Permanent Effect of an Increase of “Council Bills” on the Flow of Silver to India and upon the Indian Exchanges.
- XIII
  
  The Effect of the “Council Bills” on the Indian Exchanges.
- XIV
  
  The Minute of the Indian Government on the Depreciation of Silver.
- XV
  
  A Proposed Remedy for the Depreciation of the Silver Coinage of India.
- XVI
  
  The Transition State of the Silver Market.
- XVII
  
  Bimetallism.
- Appendix.
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