PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS AND MONEY SUPPLY by Wolfgang Fischer (Cologne: Josef Eul Verlag GmbH) Paperback: 184 pages ISBN: 9783844102659 RRP: AUD$141.70 Reviewed by Kenneth K. Mwenda Sounding an alarm to private households against over-dependency on money supply from the national economy, this book, Private Households and Money Supply, contends that such over-dependency often deprives…
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