Page:Stabilizing the dollar, Fisher, 1920.djvu/342

288 2. Some of the Chief Writings on the Principles of Index Numbers

3. Remote Anticipations of the Plan to Stabilize the Dollar

A. Bimetallism. There would be little use, even if it were possible, to include all writings which touch on the need for combating the instability of monetary standards. I shall, therefore, merely run over, very briefly, the proposals which anticipate only remotely the proposal of this book. These fall under four heads:

Bimetallism and other schemes for combining the precious metals.

The Gold Exchange Standard.