Good, missing spine, normal shelfwear; The author is credited with making the first direct financial/economic connection between labor/timer and money in an argument that stated labor in units of time should be the basis of currency rather than the nominal doctrine of currency which gave a special status to precious metals; front cover label bears "Prize Argument on the Subject of The Currency by the Author of this Book One Hundred Guineas are Offered to Whomsover can Refute these Texts" the treatise was "delivered before the members of the "Edinburgh Philiosophical Institution" during the months of Febrary and March, 1848.; 344 pp. pages

Economics Finance Money Labor Time Basis For Money Monetary Theory Nominal Doctrine Labor/time Theory