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Contentsxiii4 <strong>The</strong> Marxist Tradition <strong>and</strong> the Austrian <strong>The</strong>ory of<strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Cycles</strong>: <strong>The</strong> Neo-Ricardian Revolution<strong>and</strong> the Reswitching Controversy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5715 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5766 Appendix on Life Insurance Companies <strong>and</strong> OtherNon-<strong>Bank</strong> Financial Intermediaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .584Life Insurance Companies as True FinancialIntermediaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .586Surrender Values <strong>and</strong> the <strong>Money</strong> Supply . . . . . . . .591<strong>The</strong> Corruption of Traditional Life-InsurancePrinciples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .594Other True Financial Intermediaries: MutualFunds <strong>and</strong> Holding <strong>and</strong> InvestmentCompanies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .597Specific Comments on <strong>Credit</strong> Insurance . . . . . . . . .598CHAPTER 8: CENTRAL AND FREE BANKING THEORY . . . . . . . . . . .6011 A Critical Analysis of the <strong>Bank</strong>ing School . . . . . . . . . . . . .602<strong>The</strong> <strong>Bank</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> Currency Views <strong>and</strong> theSchool of Salamanca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .603<strong>The</strong> Response of the English-Speaking Worldto these Ideas on <strong>Bank</strong> <strong>Money</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .613<strong>The</strong> Controversy Between the Currency School<strong>and</strong> the <strong>Bank</strong>ing School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6222 <strong>The</strong> Debate Between Defenders of the Central <strong>Bank</strong><strong>and</strong> Advocates of Free <strong>Bank</strong>ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .631Parnell’s Pro-Free-<strong>Bank</strong>ing Argument <strong>and</strong> theResponses of McCulloch <strong>and</strong> Longfield . . . . . . . .632A False Start for the Controversy BetweenCentral <strong>Bank</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> Free <strong>Bank</strong>ing . . . . . . . . . . . .633<strong>The</strong> Case for a Central <strong>Bank</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .635

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