MMP Blog #14: IOUs Denominated in the National Currency: Government and Private
This week we return to our analysis of the operation of today’s monetary system, examining the denomination of IOUs in the state money of account.
This week we return to our analysis of the operation of today’s monetary system, examining the denomination of IOUs in the state money of account.
This week, we examine coinage from Roman times to the present in Western society.
As promised, this week I will begin try to dispel the view that coins used to be commodity monies.
In this blog we will examine the implications of exchange regimes for our analysis.
We will go through the details of keeping track of stocks and flows in the money of account. That will also lead us into a discussion of the relation between “money” and “spending”—how do we “pay for” things?