Money Manipulation And Social Order

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Professor of Philosophy and Church History, Holy Ghost Missionary College, Kimmage, Dublin. DEDICATION. TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I: DEMAND FOR MONETARY REFORM IN ENGLAND. CHAPTER II: POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PRINCIPLES OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS. CHAPTER III: THE FUNCTIONING OF THE GOLD STANDARD MONETARY SYSTEM: Money-Manipulators and Governments--Defective Principles adopted by the Bank of England with regard to the Issue of Money--The Banker's Discovery. CHAPTER IV: NATIONAL FINANCE AND THE GOLD STANDARD: The Meaning of Inflation and Deflation--Some Historical Examples of Planned Deflations. CHAPTER V: INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND THE GOLD STANDARD: The Urge to War and Destruction. CHAPTER VI: THE EFFECTS OF THE GOLD STANDARD SYSTEM ON HUMAN LIFE: Farming--Bread. CHAPTER VII: USURY: The English Monetary System and Ireland. CHAPTER VIII: OUTLINE OF PRINCIPLES OF MONETARY REFORM: National Monetary Reform: (a) Abandonment of the Domestic Gold Standard. (b) Issuing of Lawful Exchange-Medium by the State. (c) Lending of Lawful Exchange-Medium by Banking Guild. (d) Stability of Price Level. CHAPTER IX: THE FULL RETURN TO ORDER. APPENDIX I. MONEY--BANK-DEPOSIT. APPENDIX II. GARDENS, FERTILIZERS AND FINANCE: Inorganic Fertilizers--Artificial Manures and Finance--The Ideas Underlying the Bio-dynamic Method of Composting. APPENDIX III. DESTRUCTION OF QUININE TO KEEP UP PRICE. APPENDIX IV. OUTLINE OF ENGLISH HISTORY. INDEX OF PROPER NAMES.