Contents

Foreword by Douglas E. French

I.       Introduction

II.     Attempts at Solution Hitherto

III.    The Problem of the Genesis of a Medium of Exchange

IV.    Commodities as More or Less Saleable

V.      Concerning the Causes of the Different Degrees of Saleableness in Commodities

VI.    On the Genesis of Media of Exchange

VII.   The Process of Differentiation between Commodities which have become Media of Exchange and the Rest

VIII.  How the Precious Metals Became Money

IX.     Influence of the Sovereign Power