Experience, However, Shows That Neither A State Nor A Bank Ever Have [sic] Had The Unrestricted Power Of Issuing Paper Money Without Abusing That Power; In All States, Therefore, The Issue Of Paper Money Ought To Be Under Some Check And Control; And None Seems So Proper For That Purpose As That Of Subjecting The Issuers Of Paper Money To The Obligation Of Paying Their Notes Either In Gold Coin Or Bullion.

-David Ricardo

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Experience, However, Shows That Neither A State

David Ricardo

Experience, However, Shows That Neither A State Nor A Bank Ever Have [sic] Had The Unrestricted Power Of Issuing Paper Money Without Abusing That Power; In All States, Therefore, The Issue Of Paper Money Ought To Be Under Some Check And Control; And None Seems So Proper For That Purpose As That Of Subjecting The Issuers Of Paper Money To The Obligation Of Paying Their Notes Either In Gold Coin Or Bullion.

Topic

Issues

Gold

Purpose

The Produce Of The Earth - All That Is Derived From Its Surface By The United Application Of Labour, Machinery, And Capital, Is Divided Among Three Classes Of The Community, Namely, The Proprietor Of The Land, The Owner Of The Stock Or Capital Necessary For Its Cultivation, And The Labourers By Whose Industry It Is Cultivated.

Land

Class

Community