Laws on the Use of Money

Book 22 of The Spirit of the Laws by Montesquieu Simplified in 22 chapters

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Chapters 1-2

Why we use Money

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Chapter 3

Ideal [Nominal] Money

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Chapter 6

Why Interest was lowered one half after the Conquest of the Indies

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Chapter 7

How the Price of Things is fixed in the Variation of the Sign of Riches

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Chapter 10

Exchange

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Chapter 9

The relative Scarcity of Gold and Silver

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Chapter 10b

Exchange

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Chapter 11

How Rome Devalued their Money

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Chapter 13

How the Emperors Devalued their Coin

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Chapter 14

How the Exchange is a Constraint on Despotic Power

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Chapter 17

Public Debts

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Chapter 19-22

Lending on Interest