Giffen, Robert his reasoning erroneous that the commodity demand fixes
the value of gold, 81
Gold and silver, both variable in value, 41
the world's supply of both, 101
Gold, ratio of, to silver at various periods, 13-16
fall of, during times of Alexander and Caesar, 14
fear of fall of, during California excitement, 19
rise of from 1873 to 1889, 44
proof that it has risen, 55
some effects of its rise, 57
proposition first made to demonetize it, 19
demonetized in 1857 by German States and Austria, 20
fear of an outflow of, 85
rationale of the outflow of, 86
value as money not derived from commodity use, 81
Goschen, George J., chancellor of exchequer of England speaks for, but
decides against, silver, 24
Graham, Sir James, the value of money is in the inverse ratio to its
quantity, 77
"Greenback", the, what gave it value?, 105