Free Banking

Who is Richard Timberlake

Richard Henry Timberlake Jr. was an American economist who was Professor of Economics at the University of Georgia for much of his career. He became a leading advocate of free banking, the belief that money should be issued by private companies, not by a government monopoly. He wrote about the Legal Tender Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court in his book Constitutional Money: A Review of the Supreme Court's Monetary Decisions.

How you will benefit

(I) Insights about the following:

Chapter 1: Richard Timberlake

Chapter 2: Gold standard

Chapter 3: Deflation

Chapter 4: Specie Payment Resumption Act

Chapter 5: Monetary policy of the United States

Chapter 6: Panic of 1837

Chapter 7: Causes of the Great Depression

Chapter 8: History of central banking in the United States

Chapter 9: Criticism of the Federal Reserve

Chapter 10: Free banking

Chapter 11: Gold Reserve Act

Chapter 12: Austrian business cycle theory

Chapter 13: Lawrence H. White

Chapter 14: George Selgin

Chapter 15: A Monetary History of the United States

Chapter 16: Stimulus (economics)

Chapter 17: Scott Sumner

Chapter 18: History of monetary policy in the United States

Chapter 19: Kevin Dowd

Chapter 20: Thomas M. Humphrey

Chapter 21: Real bills doctrine

Who this book is for

Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information about Richard Timberlake.