Product Description: On the Origins of Money is a discussion of the history of money and currency, from its crudest form as cowrie shells, animal pelts, and salt in early societies to the coin and paper money we use today. Rather than focusing on the type or shape of the money, author and economist Carl Menger looks at the reasons behind monetary exchange and why money is so valuable (or where it gets its inherent value)...read more

Product Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...read more

Product Description: Investigations Into the Method of the Social Sciences analyzes the nature of political economy, its subdivisions, its truths, and the goals of research in the field. He concludes that political economy, "theoretical economics, economic policy, and the science of finance" is a theoretical- political science and not a "historical" science...read more