How a Ledger Became a Central Bank: A Monetary History of the Bank of Amsterdam

by William Roberds and Stephen Quinn

Before the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, the Bank of Amsterdam ('Bank') was a dominant central bank with a global impact on money and credit. How a Ledger Became a Central Bank draws on extensive archival data and rich secondary literature, to offer a new and detailed portrait of this historically significant institution. It describes how the Bank struggled to manage its money before hitting a modern solution: fiat money in combination...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108484271
• ISBN13: 9781108484275
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"