What is money, and how does it work? From ancient currency to Adam Smith, from the gold standard to

: Britain's return to the gold standard, 1925-1931 -- Trading down : the Smooth-Hawley Tariff, 1930 -- Why

FOUR BIG INFLATIONS -- Introduction -- The Gold Standard -- Austria -- Hungary -- Poland -- Germany

to a gold-dollar standard : the BIS in the postwar reconstruction period -- 5. Neoliberalism as an

century, Great Britain, found itself unable to stem international panic as countries abandoned the gold