Essays about: "the U.S. silver purchase act"

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  1. 1. The Silver Standard in Prewar China, A Blessing or A Curse?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jing Hu; [2013]
    Keywords : the silver standard; silver flight; the U.S. silver purchase act; Chinese monetary reform; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : When the rest of the world sank deeper into the mire of gold shortage and the Great Depression, China, a country still adhered to the silver standard, maintained a relative independent connection to the global economy. In the initial stage of the Great Depression, Chinese economy under relative inflation benefited from the blessing of the silver standard. READ MORE