Lessons from the money mania for money creation

Yanling Guo

No 2018,3, Working Papers in Economics from Bundeswehr University Munich, Economic Research Group

Abstract: The first attempt in the human history to consciously create money ended in a collapse in 1720, well-known as the money mania. This unfortunate start raises doubt on money creation as a whole such that today there are still voices questioning created money even though it is now indispensible for the world economy. But this misfortune also has the bright side in that it delivers an extensive example of risks which created money has to consider. In this paper, I review the central facts from the money mania and highlight lessons we can still learn from it.

Keywords: money mania; money creation; convertible money; non-convertible money; John Law; risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B17 B19 E40 E59 N23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-his, nep-hpe, nep-mac, nep-mon, nep-pay and nep-pke
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