[OPE-L:2255] Re: Gold and QMT

[Akira MATSUMOTO <akiram@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Costas

> In the messages by Akira [OPE-L:2212] and Lefteris [OPE-L:2221] there seems
> to be a misunderstanding. I have no doubt that, if the value of gold
> declined, other things equal, the price level would rise and so would the
> quantity of gold in circulation. This result would also be perfectly
> acceptable to quantity theorists - Ricardo spelt it out very clearly.


This involves the definition problem. If we define the QMT  as the followings,

*The quantity of money in circulation regulates the value of money or the
changing money amounts in circulation leads to the price fluctuation
proportionally*


This is quite different from Marx's view.
When Marx's theory says the changing of gold value lead to the price
fluctuation, this fluctuation isn't caused from the changing of the
quantity of money in circulation, but the changing of exchange rate between
money and commodities by the change of value.

After the event it apparently seem to be caused by the increase of decrease
of money amount but the theoretical nature is quite different.

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