Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Functions and Varieties of Money -- Functions of Money -- Wage and Price Controls -- Varieties of Money -- Metallic Money -- Paper Money -- Standards of Value -- The Gold Standard -- The Decline of Gold -- The Bretton Woods System -- After Bretton Woods -- The Euro -- Chapter 2: Modern Monetary Systems -- Currency -- Major World Currencies -- The Crown -- The Dinar -- The Dollar -- The Euro -- The Peso -- The Pound Sterling -- The Riyal -- The Ruble -- The Rupee -- The Sheqel -- The Won -- The Yen -- The Yuan -- Bitcoin -- Bank Deposits -- Credit and Money -- Credit and Debit Cards -- Electronic Money -- PayPal -- Central Banking -- Chapter 3: Monetary Theeory -- The Demand for Money -- Inflation -- Transmission of Monetary Changes -- The Quantity Theory of Money -- An Illustration of the Quantity Theory -- Characteristics of Monetary Changes -- Chapter 4: Capital -- The Classical Theory of Capital -- The Austrian School -- Marginalist and Keynesian Theories -- John Maynard Keynes -- Later Thinking -- Heterogeneous Goods -- The Accumulation Process -- Capital and Time -- Capital and Income -- Chapter 5: Interest -- The Development of Interest Theory -- Usury -- Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.