The Power to Coin Money: Exercise of Monetary Powers by the Congress
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (830 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0873327942 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Great for the numismatic, but less for the economic historian W. Parrow There is just not much written about the financial times of colonial America, so I'll read anything that promises to add to the subject. This small book does and you do learn the nuts and bolts about money in colonial times. There is discussion about the various paper money, specie and legal tender and what roles they played. You even learn the original proportion of gold an
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From the Back Cover This book traces the history from colonial times to the present of the monetary powers exercised by the Congress under the Constitution. Yet, the author views this history within the context of private limits to the authority of Congress and the Congress's distrust of lodging the central bank within the Executive branch, preferring instead to respect an independent central banking tradition. It follows the evolution of the American banking and monetary system from the perspective of specific provisions in the Constitution that authorize the government to coin money and regulate its value. . He shows how changes in congressional legislation, Supreme Court decisions on precedent-setting cases, an