The link between David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature and his fiduciary theory of money

History of Political Economy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 139-160

  Wennerlind, Carl ^a  

^a Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

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EID: 0040030279     PISSN: 00182702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00182702-33-1-139     Document Type: Review

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