Chapter 14 - Assignment 1: Continental Currency

Examine the Federal Reserve Board of San Francisco's discussion of the history of paper money in the United States.

  1. Use the quantity theory of money discussed on pp. 347-350 to explain the decline in the value of Continental currency.
  2. Why might this currency not have served very well as either a store of value or a unit of account?
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