Essays in finance /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giffen, Robert, 1837-1910
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : G. Bell, 1880.
Edition:2d ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The cost of the Franco-German war of 1870-71
  • The depreciation of gold since 1848
  • The liquidations of 1873-76
  • Why the depression of trade is so much greater in raw material producing countries than in the manufacturing countries
  • Foreign competition
  • The excess of imports
  • Recent accumulations of capital in the United Kingdom
  • Notes on the depreciation of silver
  • Mr. Gladstone's work in finance
  • Taxes on land
  • The reduction of the national debt
  • The taxation and representation of Ireland
  • The case against bimetallism
  • On the fall of prices of commodities in recent years.