Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-146) and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: The Colors of Money 1 -- 2. "If I Only Had a Brain": -- A Primer on Gold, Silver, and the American Monetary System 11 -- 3. "Populism Will Put Them to Sleep": -- A Short History of the Populist Movement of the 1890s 27 -- 4. L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with Annotations 41 -- Appendix A: Another Fiat-Money Metaphor, -- from The Marvelous Land of Oz 131 -- Appendix B: William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech 133 -- Appendix C: The Quantity Theory of Money 141.
