The Quest for Gold: Monetary Debates in Nineteenth-century Brazil

ABSTRACT The paper examines some aspects of the monetary controversies which took place in several countries during the nineteenth century. In Brazil advocates of the gold standard and monetary restraint, known as metalistas, prevailed over papelistas, whose major desire was monetary expansion and c...

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Main Author: ANDRÉ VILLELA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora 34 2021-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31572001000400690&tlng=en