Some Articles on the Depreciation of Silver and on Topics Connected With It (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Walter Bagehot

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ISBN 10: 1330805259 ISBN 13: 9781330805251

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

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Excerpt from Some Articles on the Depreciation of Silver and on Topics Connected With It

And these are the two main propositions which' I wish to establish.

If these are proved, the practical conclusion follows that it would be absurd to make any per manent changes in our Indian currency or taxa tion, while all the facts upon which such changes would be founded are changing so much and so rapidly. And though this conclusion does not need support, it is supported by our uncertainty as to the effect of the increased Home charges of our Indian Government - sometimes, for shortness, called the Indian tribute - which, in a way which I have tried to explain, complicates the whole subject.

The fertility of the new silver mines in America is not very elaborately examined in these articles, for even yet there are no sure data for us. But everything tends to show that the yield of these mines is likely to be far less than what was once thought, and the difficulty of Obtaining exact data is an additional reason for being very slow to make any changes founded on an hypothesis as to the future price of silver. As yet no one can prove that the permanent value Of silver - whether in relation to gold or in relation to commodities at large - will change so much' as to render any alterations necessary.

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Excerpt from Some Articles on the Depreciation of Silver and on Topics Connected With It I venture to bring together these articles on the recent Depreciation of Silver, and on the recent Exchanges with India, though I am well aware how incomplete a view they give of the complex subjects to which they relate, and how disagreeable to read a collection of such papers almost necessarily is. If I could, I would have rewritten the whole of them in a more systematic form. But I have no time or strength at my disposal for such a task, and I am obliged, therefore, to use this substitute. To elucidate some parts of the chain of reasoning, I have added the evidence which I gave on one or two points before Mr. Goschen's Committee on the Depreciation of Silver, last spring. But even so, there is much I should wish to say in addition, both in exposition and in defence of the opinions which I hold. So far as the short experience which we have had goes, I think it confirms the view taken in these articles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

About the Author

Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) was a British journalist who wrote at length about economics, government and literature. He studied mathematics and philosophy at University College London, and was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn. However, he settled on a life of writing, founding the National Review in 1855 and later becoming editor-in-chief of The Economist (founded by his father-in-law in 1860).

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1330805259
• ISBN 13: 9781330805251
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 150