The economics of money and banking / Lester V. Chandler.

Preface, xiii -- 1. The nature and functions of money and credit -- 1. The Roles of Money, 3 -- 2. Debt and Credit, 23 -- 3. Kinds of Money, 49 -- II. Commercial banking -- 4. The Commercial-Banking System, 73 -- 5. Bank Expansion and Contraction, 92 -- 6. Bank Assets and Their Management, 112 -- 7. United States Banking History, 132 -- III. Central banking -- 8. The Federal Reserve System, 161 -- 9. Federal Reserve Credit and Bank Reserves, 188 -- 10. Instruments of Monetary Management, 221 -- 11. The Monetary System: An Over-All View, 251 -- IV. Monetary theory -- 12. An Introduction to Monetary Theory, 263 -- 13. Gross National Product or Expenditures, 287 -- 14. Quantity-Theory Approaches, 311 -- 15. Saving, Investment, and National Income, 339 -- 16. Equilibrium, 361 -- V. International monetary relations -- 17. The International System, 399 -- 18. International Payments and Exchange Rates, 422 -- 19. International Monetary Policies, 448 -- VI. Monetary policy -- 20. United States Monetary Policies, 1914 to 1929, 471 -- 21. Monetary Policy in the Depression, 1930 to 1941, 500 -- 22. Monetary Policy, 1941 to 1951, 524 -- 23. Monetary Policy, 1951 to 1959, 540 -- 24. Monetary Policy Since 1959, 569 -- 25. The Future, 588 -- Index, 597.