The Theory of Money and Credit
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The Theory of Money and Credit is a foundational 1912 treatise by economist Ludwig von Mises that develops a comprehensive Austrian School theory of money, banking, and monetary policy.
All labels observed (5)
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| The Theory of Money and Credit canonical | 3 |
| Austrian Business Cycle Theory | 1 |
| Austrian business cycle theory | 1 |
| Austrian theory of the business cycle | 1 |
| Theorie des Geldes und der Umlaufsmittel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Theory of Money and Credit Context triple: [Ludwig von Mises, notableWork, The Theory of Money and Credit]
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A.
A Treatise on Money
A Treatise on Money is an influential two-volume work by economist John Maynard Keynes that analyzes the functioning of monetary systems, credit, and business cycles in modern economies.
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B.
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money is John Maynard Keynes’s landmark 1936 book that founded modern macroeconomics by challenging classical views and explaining the causes of prolonged unemployment and economic downturns.
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C.
The Accumulation of Capital
The Accumulation of Capital is a seminal Marxist economic treatise by Rosa Luxemburg that analyzes imperialism and capitalist expansion through the lens of capital accumulation and its contradictions.
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D.
The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations is Adam Smith’s foundational 1776 treatise on economics that laid the groundwork for classical free-market theory and modern economic thought.
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E.
Das Kapital
Das Kapital is Karl Marx’s foundational critique of political economy that analyzes capitalism’s dynamics, contradictions, and exploitation of labor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Theory of Money and Credit Target entity description: The Theory of Money and Credit is a foundational 1912 treatise by economist Ludwig von Mises that develops a comprehensive Austrian School theory of money, banking, and monetary policy.
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A.
A Treatise on Money
A Treatise on Money is an influential two-volume work by economist John Maynard Keynes that analyzes the functioning of monetary systems, credit, and business cycles in modern economies.
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B.
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money is John Maynard Keynes’s landmark 1936 book that founded modern macroeconomics by challenging classical views and explaining the causes of prolonged unemployment and economic downturns.
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C.
The Accumulation of Capital
The Accumulation of Capital is a seminal Marxist economic treatise by Rosa Luxemburg that analyzes imperialism and capitalist expansion through the lens of capital accumulation and its contradictions.
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D.
The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations is Adam Smith’s foundational 1776 treatise on economics that laid the groundwork for classical free-market theory and modern economic thought.
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E.
Das Kapital
Das Kapital is Karl Marx’s foundational critique of political economy that analyzes capitalism’s dynamics, contradictions, and exploitation of labor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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economic treatise ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | economics ⓘ |
| advocates |
limits on credit expansion
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sound money ⓘ |
| author | Ludwig von Mises ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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surface form:
Austria-Hungary
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| criticizes |
central bank credit expansion
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inflationary monetary policy ⓘ |
| EnglishEditionPublisher | Yale University Press ⓘ |
| field | monetary economics ⓘ |
| genre |
economic literature
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of money and banking
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discussion of business cycle theory ⓘ theory of credit expansion ⓘ theory of fiduciary media ⓘ theory of the origin of money ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
Austrian School of economics
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surface form:
Austrian School monetary economics
Friedrich Hayek ⓘ
surface form:
Friedrich August von Hayek
Murray Rothbard ⓘ
surface form:
Murray N. Rothbard
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| influencedBy |
Carl Menger
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Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
banking
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business cycles ⓘ credit ⓘ monetary policy ⓘ monetary theory ⓘ money ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
The Theory of Money and Credit
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Austrian theory of the business cycle
distinction between commodity money and credit money ⓘ fiduciary media ⓘ regression theorem ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The Theory of Money and Credit
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surface form:
Theorie des Geldes und der Umlaufsmittel
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| placeOfFirstPublication | Leipzig ⓘ |
| proposes | regression theorem of money ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1912 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition |
E.S. Mittler & Sohn
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surface form:
Duncker & Humblot
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| schoolOfThought | Austrian School of economics ⓘ |
| significance |
foundational work in Austrian monetary theory
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major contribution to the theory of money and banking ⓘ |
| supports | commodity theory of money ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
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Ludwig von Mises
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Austrian Business Cycle Theory
The Theory of Money and Credit
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The Theory of Money and Credit
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Theorie des Geldes und der Umlaufsmittel
The Theory of Money and Credit
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The Theory of Money and Credit
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Austrian theory of the business cycle
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Austrian business cycle theory