2014
DOI: 10.4284/0038-4038-2013.163
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David Hume on Banking and Hoarding

Abstract: David Hume opposes banks and favors hoarding. The only bank he reluctantly approves of is a public, 100% reserve bank. Other banks increase money supply and prices, hindering exports and economic growth. For Hume, a 100% reserve public bank would lead to ''the destruction of paper-credit'' ([1752] 1985, p. 285), fostering economic growth instead by preventing inflation. Additionally, a 100% reserve bank hoards a large quantity of gold and silver, which is available in case of national emergency.

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“…D. Hume devoted significant attention to the circulation of money, observing the correlation between an increased supply of metallic money and a subsequent gradual rise in the prices of various goods until they matched the expansion of the money supply [7]. This perspective positioned the purchasing power of money and prices as variables dependent on the quantity of money in circulation.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…D. Hume devoted significant attention to the circulation of money, observing the correlation between an increased supply of metallic money and a subsequent gradual rise in the prices of various goods until they matched the expansion of the money supply [7]. This perspective positioned the purchasing power of money and prices as variables dependent on the quantity of money in circulation.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…), dass die Preise in Europa keineswegs im Ausmaß des Geldzustroms gestiegen seien und deutet eine sogar langfristige Nicht-Neutralität des Geldes an: 23 "It is certain, that, since the discovery of the mines in America, industry has increased in all the nations of Europe, except in the possessors of those mines; and this may justly be ascribed, among other reasons, to the encrease of gold and silver" (Hume 1752 a, S. 37;vgl. Hont 1983;Paganelli 2014).…”
Section: Handel Als "Produktive Goldmine"mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For Smith, the improvement would come from legal restrictions on interest rates , on small denomination notes , and on the ability of banks to suspend convertibility (WN II.ii.98,. Similarly, for David Hume improvement would come from a reform of the banking system so that it would eventually resemble the one in Amsterdam (Hume [1752(Hume [ ] 1985; see also Paganelli 2014;Dimand 2013). These were suggestions for simple reforms of the existing institutions, not designs for an ideal society inhabited by a redesigned ideal people.…”
Section: "Betterment" Rather Than Improvement Progress or Developmentmentioning
confidence: 99%