Laws on the Use of Money

Book 22 of The Spirit of the Laws by Montesquieu Simplified in 22 chapters

Why we use Money

Montesquieu

Ideal [Nominal] Money

Montesquieu

Why Interest was lowered one half after the Conquest of the Indies

Montesquieu

How the Price of Things is fixed in the Variation of the Sign of Riches

Montesquieu

Exchange

Montesquieu

The relative Scarcity of Gold and Silver

Montesquieu

Exchange

Montesquieu

How Rome Devalued their Money

Montesquieu

How the Emperors Devalued their Coin

Montesquieu

How the Exchange is a Constraint on Despotic Power

Montesquieu

Public Debts

Montesquieu

Lending on Interest

Montesquieu