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A Theory of Money and Financial Institutions. Part V. The Rate of Interest on Fiat Money in a Closed Economy

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In a well controlled monetary economy with no uncertainty and a money market, money is not merely a veil, it is a cocoon. There are no idle cash balances in a competitive monetary economy with a money market without uncertainty. The presence of uncertainty calls for the holding of cash. In a trading economy with perfect foresight, without taxes, but with traders having positive time discounts the rate of interest on paper money is positive. With uncertainty, fiat money is a form of insurance or generalized futures contract. The mathematical differences among static general equilibrium theory, a theory of money in a static general equilibrium context with perfect foresight and an evolutionary system are essentially the differences among maximization subject to equalities; convex programming and dynamic programming. They are needed for current transactions or are loaned.

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  • Martin Shubik, 1972. "A Theory of Money and Financial Institutions. Part V. The Rate of Interest on Fiat Money in a Closed Economy," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 338, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
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    1. Martin Shubik, 1973. "A Theory of Money and Financial Institutions. Part XII. A Dynamic Economy with Fiat Money Without Banking and With and Without Production Goods," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 364, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
    2. Jan Toporowski, 2013. "The Elgar Companion to Hyman Minsky," Review of Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(1), pages 175-177, January.
    3. Martin Shubik, 2010. "Innovation and Equilibrium?," Chapters, in: Dimitri B. Papadimitriou & L. Randall Wray (ed.), The Elgar Companion to Hyman Minsky, chapter 8, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    4. Martin Shubik, 1973. "The General Equilibrium Model is the Wrong Model and a Noncooperative Strategic Process Model is a Satisfactory Model for the Reconciliation of Micro and Macroeconomic Theory," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 365, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.

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