The U.S. Constitution and Monetary Powers: An Analysis of the 1787 Constitutional Convention and How a Constitutional Transformation of the Nation's Monetary System Emerged

Farley Grubb

No 04-08, Working Papers from University of Delaware, Department of Economics

Abstract: The monetary powers embedded in the U.S. Constitution were revolutionary and led to a watershed transformation in the nation’s monetary structure. They included determining what monies could be legal tender, who could emit fiat paper money, and who could incorporate banks. How the debate at the 1787 Constitutional Convention over these powers evolved and the path the founding fathers took that led to the specific powers adopted is presented and deconstructed. Why they took this path rather than replicate the colonial system and why they codified such powers into supreme law rather than leave them to legislative debate are addressed.

Keywords: Monetary; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 58 pages
Date: 2004
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Published in Financial History Review, vol. 13, no. 1 (April, 2006), pp. 43-71.

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