The Mystery of Banking

New York: Richardson & Snyder. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0943940044 . "Expands upon the hard money analysis of Rothbard's 'What Has The Government Done To Our Money?', and combines it with the T-account analysis of banking found in conventional money and banking texts. 'This', says Rothbard, 'has never been done before, and fills an important gap in hard-money analysis, and in explaining how the banking system creates money.'" - dust jacket. "If you want to find out how banks play with your deposits, if you want to know what money really is, and what it isn't, Murray Rothbard's account of the banking pyramid, built by depositors of all sizes, read this book and learn the secrets the banks don't advertise." - dust jacket. pp. [12], 2-286, [11]. Index. Dust jacket back panel features caricature of Rothbard by Leitch appropriately titled "State's Greatest Living Enemy." Moderate wear to tightly-bound book. Contents clean and unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival grade Brodart. A sound first edition copy of this important Rothbard contribution to the cause of hard money.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Banking 16th Century - 20th Century, Development of Modern Banking, Murray Rothbard, Types of Banks, Money Supply, Inflation, Fractional Reserve Lending, Fiat Currency, Hard Money, Fractional Reserve System, Austrian School, Economics .