{"product_id":"the-rationale-of-central-banking-vera-c-smith-9780865970878","title":"The Rationale of Central Banking: And the Free Banking Alternative","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rationale of Central Banking\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was first published in England in 1936. Vera Smith spent her professional career in a variety of research positions. She wrote articles and books on money, banking, economic development, and the labor market and translated into English books by Wilhelm R pke, Oskar Morgenstern, and Fritz Machlup.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book provides a scholarly review and judicious assessments of the experience and theory that bear on the issues of free banking and central banking. Its wide-ranging discussion identifies both the fallacies in the arguments for central banks and the influential fallacies in the arguments against free banking. Vera Smith's work should play a prominent role in any reappraisal of our monetary institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vera C. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0865970874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865970878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liberty Fund\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Vera C. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992531271935,"sku":"9780865970878","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11ac91a4-4bca-48de-b456-72d33c51dc9f.jpg?v=1683319450","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rationale-of-central-banking-vera-c-smith-9780865970878","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}