Arnon, Arie. <br/><br/>
Monetary theory and policy from Hume and Smith to Wicksell :  money, credit, and the economy / 
Arie Arnon. 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  2011. 
 - xxii, 424p. 
 - Historical perspectives on modern economics .
 - Historical perspectives on modern economics. .
<br/><br/> "This book provides a comprehensive survey of the major developments in monetary theory and policy from David Hume and Adam Smith to Walter Bagehot and Knut Wicksell. In particular, it seeks to explain why it took so long for a theory of central banking to penetrate mainstream thought." -- prelim. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521191135 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Monetary policy--History.<br/>Banks and banking, Central--History.<br/>Economists.