Monetary Regimes and Inflation

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'Monetary Regimes and Inflation can be highly recommended to anybody interested in inflation and its manifold economic, social and political surroundings and consequences. This book by one of the world's leading scholars on monetary inflation and the institutional settings for money creation is a mine of information not only for students, but also for economists, historians, political scientists and sociologists; it is of relevance also for bankers, businessmen and politicians.' -- Gerard Radnitzky, Policy 'Peter Bernholz has spent a career examining the intertwined worlds of politics and economics with special attention to money, its effects, and the institutions critical to its value. His most recent book, Monetary Regimes and Inflation, is the kind of effort that can only be produced after years and even decades spent accumulating ideas and evidence. . . it is a concise, densely-packed, and tightly structured summary of key analytical propositions and data. On one level, it is fast-reading because Bernholz sticks to the most important paths and does not take readers down a bunch of rabbit trails. On another level, there are many parts of the book that demand revisiting, highlighting, and ruminating. . . this is an excellent example of "literary economics" in the best sense of the phrase. . . Put succinctly, it is a book written to be read and not just set on the shelf as a reference tool. . . All-in-all, Monetary Regimes and Inflation can be highly recommended as a book that will educate those with little knowledge of past inflations across the world as well as deepening and broadening the knowledge of those who already know the facts.' -- Brian Goff, Public Choice 'Peter Bernholz has provided us with a highly interesting and illuminating account of the vast sweep of monetary history in easy to read historical terms. The writing is crisp and the knowledge of monetary history is breathtaking. Students of monetary history will no doubt find this a fascinating and useful volume.' -- Pierre Siklos, EH.Net 'For two decades, I have urged Peter Bernholz to write this book. Analytically, historically, and empirically, Bernholz has established himself as the world's premier scholar on monetary inflation, and especially as related to the institutional settings for money creation. His careful evaluation of the comparative results must surely be of assistance in forestalling the social costs that inflation, anywhere and everywhere, produces.' -- James M. Buchanan, George Mason University, US and Nobel Laureate in Economics