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In Search of Stability: Economics of Money, History of the Rupee book cover

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In Search of Stability Economics of Money, History of the Rupee

By Sashi Sivramkrishna Copyright 2017
490 Pages 89 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

490 Pages 89 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

490 Pages 89 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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In Search of Stability seeks to understand the economics of money through a narrative on the history of the rupee. The period delineated for study is from the time of introduction of the rupee by Sher Shah Suri in 1542 up to 1971, the year which marked the beginning of the end of the Bretton Woods era and a fixed exchange rate regime. The underlying thread that runs through the narrative is... Read more

Part One: Development of Monetary Instruments and their Stability, 1942–c. 1860 1. Currency Money 2. Remittance Money 3. Commercial Credit 4. Bank Money 5. Paper Currency Part Two: External and Internal Stability in the Value of the Rupee, 1860-1971 6. The New Wave of International Economic Integration, 1860–98 7. The Gold Standard and the Gold Exchange Standard, 1898–1913 8. The First World War, 1914–19 9. The Interwar Period, 1920-1939 10. The Second World War, 1939–45 11. The Bretton Woods Era, 1945–71

Biography

Sashi Sivramkrishna did his M.A. in Economics from the University of Bombay, Mumbai, and went on to complete his Ph.D. from Cornell University, USA. His areas of research include economic and environmental history. He is also an ardent documentary filmmaker. He is currently Professor of Economics at School of Business Management, Narsee Monjee Institute for Management Studies in Bangalore.

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