Project Gutenberg 2017-07-15 Public domain in the USA. 48 Haslam, John (of Dublin) Turgot The Paper Currency of England Dispassionately Considered With Suggestions Towards a Practical Solution of the Difficulty Reading ease score: 42.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Paper Currency of England Dispassionately Considered" by John Haslam is a critical examination of the banking system, particularly regarding paper currency, written in the mid-19th century. This work discusses the implications of the Bank Charter Act of 1844, focusing on the limitations and advantages of the paper money issued in England. The author critiques the existing monetary arrangements and argues for reforms aimed at improving the stability and effectiveness of the currency system. The opening of the pamphlet provides a preface in which Haslam explains his motivations for presenting his views directly to the public, having initially intended for the text to be part of a deferred periodical publication. He emphasizes the significance of the redemption clause related to the Bank of England's privileges and highlights the complexities of monetary law. This section sets the groundwork for discussing the 1844 Act's clauses, its perceived flaws, and proposals for addressing matters such as the issuance of currency and the risks involved in the current banking practices. Haslam argues for a more uniform and state-controlled approach to currency to better serve the public interest. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Currency question -- Great Britain HG Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Economics 186950 186951 2024-09-23T04:08:25.868486 2023-09-23T14:59:38.602633 text/html text/html 183164 2017-07-15T13:00:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 204081 2017-07-15T13:00:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 221349 2024-09-23T04:08:29.669536 application/epub+zip 223521 2024-09-23T04:08:26.718396 application/epub+zip 124890 2024-09-23T04:08:26.290500 application/epub+zip 284698 2024-09-23T04:08:31.874428 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268807 2024-09-23T04:08:29.267400 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 170537 2022-09-25T03:19:18.096412 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164814 164623 2024-09-23T04:08:25.358414 2023-09-23T14:59:38.143627 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 164790 2017-07-15T13:00:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 53183 2017-07-15T13:00:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17733 2024-09-23T04:08:32.007398 application/rdf+xml 14998 2024-09-23T04:08:26.376435 image/jpeg 2258 2024-09-23T04:08:26.332423 image/jpeg 205148 2024-09-23T04:08:25.886466 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog