Excerpt from Fiscal and Currency Standards as the Future Measure of the Credit of Nations Some weeks ago I was requested to write an article about American and European banking methods and when I averred that at present I did not have the necessary time, it was sug gested that I revise and bring up to date an earlier essay on the topic, written by me about ten years ago. As a matter of curiosity, I re read that earlier contribution from the point of view of ascertaining to what extent modern improvements would have to be added in order to make it serviceable. As you may imagine, I found it as impracticable to revamp the old material as it would have been to use automobile parts of 1908 in manufacturing a modern aeroplane. While the fundamental principles had remained the same, the problems and methods had changed too drastically. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.