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Chicago. Money and Banking. Economics 331. Mints 1932

This is the reading list for the second quarter of the two-quarter sequence Money and Banking taught by Lloyd Mints in 1932. The Economics 330 reading list for the Summer of 1932 is found in the previous posting. There you will also find a course description for both quarters. This reading list come from the papers of Albert G. Hart at Columbia University Archives. Handwritten annotations by Hart are written in italics inside of square brackets.  My additions are likewise within the square brackets and placed inside parentheses, i.e. [Hart annotation (Collier addition)]. As for the previous post I have substituted asterisks for checkmarks that appear to designate required or recommended reading.

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Reading Reference

Economics 331

MONEY AND BANKING

  1. Control through the routine operations of the banking system (banking theory)
    1. The earning assets of commercial banks
      [*one (of Agger, Dunbar or Conant)]

      1. Agger, Organized Banking, pages 37-52
      2. Dunbar, The Theory and History of Banking, in the second edition chapter III, pages 20-38
      3. Conant, The Principles of Money and Banking, Vol. II, Book IV, pages 45-56.
      4. [*]Moulton, Commercial Banking and Capital Formation, in the Journal of Political Economy, vol. 26, pages 705-731.
    2. Deposits and notes
      [1 of Agger, Conant, Dunbar]

      1. Agger, part of chapter II, pages 53-63; and chapters IV and V, pages 76-104.
      2. Conant, Vol. II, Book IV, chapters II, part of III, and VII, pages 17-44, 57-66, 143-164.
      3. Dunbar, chapter V, pages 54-66.
      4. Dunbar, chapter VI, pages 67-77.
        [Mints, J.P.E. Elasticity of bank notes]
    3. Reserves
      1. Conant, Vol. II, Book IV, chapter IV, pages 67-84.
      2. Agger, chapters VIII and IX, pages 140-174.
      3. Warburg, The Discount System in Europe (National Monetary Commission)
    4. The Expansion of bank loans and deposits
      [W. Withers U… of Bank(?) Funds(?)]

      1. Agger, pages 31-33.
      2. [*]Cannan, The Meaning of Bank Deposits, in Economica for January, 1921, pages 28-36.
      3. Phillips, Bank Credit, chapters II, III, and IV, pages 13-83.
      4. Lawrence, Stabilization of Prices, pp. 327-367. [sample]
      5. Bradford, Borrowed Reserves and Bank Expansion, in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 43 (November, 1928), pp. 179-184.
  2. Control through the financial system as exemplified in Europe (particularly England) and the United States.
    1. Development of the English Banking system
      1. Dunbar, chapter on the Bank of England, in the second edition ch XI, pages 191-227.
      2. Andreades, A History of the Bank of England, pages 269-294.
      3. [*]Bagehot, Lombard Street, in the edition of 1915, chapters III and VII, pages 74-97, 153-197.
      4. Withers, The English Banking System, chapter II, pages 65-98.
      5. [A. C. Feareryear. The Pound Sterling]
    2. The London Money Market
      1. Bagehot, edition of 1915, chapter XII, pages 284-309.
      2. Interviews on the Banking and Currency Systems of England, Scotland, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy (The National Monetary Commission), pages 7-59.
        [one (of either Whitaker or Furniss below)]
      3. Whitaker, Foreign Exchange, chapters VIII and XX.
      4. Furniss, Foreign Exchange, chapters XII and XIII.
      5. Withers, The English Banking System, chapter I.
      6. Withers, The Meaning of Money, pages 107-172.
      7. Spalding, The London Money Market, chapters IV, V and VII.
      8. Leaf, Banking, chapters III, VII and VIII.
      9. Willis, The Federal Reserve System, pages 1009-1016.
      10. [*]Escher, Foreign Exchange Explained, chapters III, and X-XII
      11. Willis and Beckhart, Foreign Banking Systems, Ch. XVII, pp. 1144-1243.
      12. Plummer, The Currency Settlement in England, in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 43 (November, 1928), pp. 171-179
      13. The Federal Reserve Bulletin, Vol. 14 (1928), pp. 564-569 (British Currency and Bank Note Act of 1928)
        [(and) vol 17 (October 1931), pp. 553-4, 571)]
    3. The Bank of France and the Reichsbank
      1. Dunbar, chapters on the Bank of France and the Reichsbank, in the second edition chapters IX and XII.
      2. Interviews, pages 189-218, 371-391.
      3. Miscellaneous Articles on German Banking (The National Monetary Commission) pages 69-102.
      4. Riesser, The Great German Banks, (National Monetary Commission) pages 347-383, 987-994.
      5. Hauser, Germany’s Commercial Grip on the World, pages 61-91.
      6. The Federal Reserve Bulletin:
        1. Vol. 10 (1924), pp. 854-858 (The Reichsbank law of 1924)
        2. Vol. 14 (1928), pp. 570-577 (The French monetary law of 1928)
      7. Fairchild, German War Finance—A Review, in the American Economic Review, Vol. XII, (June, 1922) pages 246-261.
      8. Beckhart, The Discount Policy of the Federal Reserve System, chapter II, pages 30-98.
      9. Liesse, Evolution of Credit and Banks in France (National Monetary Commission), pages 193-239.
      10. [*]Willis and Beckhart, chapters VII and VIII, pp. 522-722.
    4. Evolution of the American Banking System
      1. [*]One of the three following-named books:
        1. Dewey, State Banking before the Civil War; and Chaddock, the Safety Fund Banking System in New York, 1829-1866.
        2. Huntington, A History of Banking and Currency in Ohio before the Civil War
        3. Preston, History of Banking in Iowa
      2. Miller, Banking Theories in the United states before 1860.
      3. [**]Sprague, Crises Under the National Banking System, chapter I.
      4. Hepburn, History of Currency in the United States, pages 306-410.
      5. Noyes, The War Period of American Finance, pages 34-50.
      6. Sprague, Banking Reform in the United States, pages 9-130.
      7. Davis, Origin of the National Banking System.

Source: Columbia University Libraries, Manuscript Collections. Albert Gailord Hart Papers. Box 60. Folder “Mints, Money 1932”.