CONTENTS PART 111 MONETARY THEORY AND ITS APPLICATION IN PRACTICE CHAPTER I PAGE THE ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER A STABLE STANDARD . . 183 § 1. The nature of a monetary standard and the measure of values. § 2. Attempts to find a legal solution for the problem of un- stable currency. § 3. Conditions for an economic solution of the problem. CHAPTER II THE RETURN oF NormaL EXCHANGES : . 223 § I. Remarks on the nature of the exchanges and on the idea of stability. § 2. Stabilisation and the return to the gold standard : system of convertibility limited to external requirements. Fundamental similarity between various systems of gold standard. § 3. Requisites for monetary reconstruction, ConcLusion . . : X11 220