Graziani, Augusto 1865-1944 creator Montanari, Geminiano 1633-1687 Scaruffi, Gasparo 1519-1584 Serra, Antonio, active 1613 text utu 2007 monographic it 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Economisti del cinque e seicento" by Augusto Graziani is a historical account published in the early 20th century. The work delves into economic theories and practices during the 16th and 17th centuries, focusing particularly on the use and regulation of gold and silver as currency. It sets out to illuminate past monetary issues while proposing solutions for a standardized and fair monetary system. The opening of the book presents a preface and initial chapters discussing the historical context of currency, where the author, Gasparo Scaruffi, addresses issues relating to the lack of regulation in the values of gold and silver. He emphasizes the importance of establishing a universal order for currency to mitigate chaos in financial transactions resulting from fluctuating values of these precious metals. Scaruffi articulates how historical abuses in minting practices caused significant economic disorder and lays the foundation for discussing his proposed reforms for currency regulation in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Release date is 2007-09-04 Produced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images generously made available by Editore Laterza and the Biblioteca Italiana at http://www.bibliotecaitaliana.it/ScrittoriItalia) Original publication data not identified Money Economics HB Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22502 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22502 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133522.0 22502