Preface.

Part I: The Evolution of Market Monetary Institutions.

Part II: Commodity Money.

Part III: Money Issue by Unrestricted Banks.

Part IV: The Evolution and Rationales of Central Banking.

Part V: Should Government Play a Role in Money?.

Part VI: Should Government Play a Role in Banking?.

Part VII: Seigniorage.

Part VIII: Central Bank as Bureaucracy.

Part IX: Political Business Cycle Hypotheses.

Part X: Discretion and Dynamic Inconsistency.

Part XI: Monetary Rules.

Part XII: Competitive Supply of Fiat-Type Money.

Part XIII: Cashless Competitive Payments and Legal Restrictions.