Laws on the Use of Money
Book 22 of The Spirit of the Laws by Montesquieu Simplified in 22 chapters
Chapters 1-2
Why we use Money →
Chapter 3
Ideal [Nominal] Money →
Chapter 6
Why Interest was lowered one half after the Conquest of the Indies →
Chapter 7
How the Price of Things is fixed in the Variation of the Sign of Riches →
Chapter 10
Exchange →
Chapter 9
The relative Scarcity of Gold and Silver →
Chapter 10b
Exchange →
Chapter 11
How Rome Devalued their Money →
Chapter 13
How the Emperors Devalued their Coin →
Chapter 14
How the Exchange is a Constraint on Despotic Power →
Chapter 17
Public Debts →
Chapter 19-22
Lending on Interest →