Pierson on scarcity of gold and changes in the general price level

IF 0.6 3区经济学 Q4 ECONOMICS

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought Pub Date : 1999-03-01 DOI:10.1080/10427719900000125

M. Fase

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Abstract

This paper is a historical reflection on the monetary view of Pierson. (1838-1910) a nineteenth-century Dutch economist, Bank president and prime minister, and his writing on the appropriateness of index numbers to measure inflation. Two aspects are conisdered. First, a policy of price stability should not focus solely on a general price index because this does not take inot account monetary factors sufficiently. Second, a pure monetary explanation as in the gold debate of the 1880s falls short of the mark and might conceal what really is going on, e.g. deflation.

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皮尔森对黄金的稀缺性和一般价格水平变化的看法

本文是对皮尔逊货币观的历史反思。(1838-1910)， 19世纪荷兰经济学家，银行行长和首相，以及他关于用指数来衡量通货膨胀的适当性的著作。考虑了两个方面。首先，价格稳定政策不应仅仅关注一般价格指数，因为这没有充分考虑到货币因素。其次，像19世纪80年代的黄金之争那样，纯粹的货币解释是不准确的，可能会掩盖真正发生的事情，比如通货紧缩。

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European Journal of the History of Economic Thought Multiple-

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