CONTENTS PART 1 THE EXPLANATION OF CONTEMPORARY MONETARY PHENOMENA AND CURRENCY THEORY CHAPTER 1 PAGE Criticism oF THE CrassicAL THEORY «0 9% CHAPTER II CurreNcY AND Price MOVEMENTS . : § 1. General price movements and the Quantity Theory. § 2. The Quantity Theory in History. § 3. The basis of the Quantity Theory: how far it is logically valid. CHAPTER III THE THEORY OF EXCHANGE AND ITS COROLLARIES . ‘ § 1. The theory of exchange and the idea of depreciation. § 2. The theory and mechanism of exchange. § 3. Abnormal exchanges; the essential test is instability— the ultimate cause is inconvertibility of the internal circulation. § 4. Fluctuations in abnormal exchanges—limited influence of the balance of payments—influence of speculators and of their forecasts. § 5. The exchange rate and the Quantity Theory. § 6. Principles governing fluctuations of abnormal exchanges. § 7. The search for a limit to the fluctuations of abnormal exchanges; discussion of the theory of Purchasing Power Parity. § 8. Hypothesis of an automatic adjustment of the exchanges. § 9. Purchasing power parity as a function of the rate of exchange. § 10. The necessary conditions for a return to normal exchanges. CHAPTER IV Tre Notion oF MoNEY AND THE NOTION OF A MONETARY STANDARD J 192 § 1. The notion of money and the notion of commodities— money of account and real money. § 2. The value of money. § 3. The exact meaning of the idea of a monetary standard. X) I0I 125 $