'The textbook Modeling Monetary Economies provides a rigorous treatment of money, banking, and financial intermediation within a unified framework that is accessible to advanced undergraduate students. It addresses the most fundamental questions in monetary theory - e.g., Can fiat money be valued in equilibrium? Can it coexist with interest-bearing assets? Why do banks exist? - without shortcuts. It also covers material that is relevant for today's problems, including cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies, the design of payment systems, bank regulations, the welfare costs of inflation … It is a must-read for all students interested in monetary issues.' Guillaume Rocheteau, University of California, Irvine
List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Part I. Money; 1. The economy and the planner's solution; 2. Equilibrium trade in the economy without money; 3. A simple model of money; 4. Barter and commodity money; 5. Inflation; 6. International monetary systems; 7. Price surprises; Part II. Capital and Banking; 8. Capital; 9. Liquidity and financial intermediation; 10. Central banking and the money supply; 11. Money stock fluctuations; 12. Fully backed central bank money; 13. Payment systems; 14. Bank risk; 15. Liquidity risk and bank panics; Part III. Government Policy; 16. Deficits and the national debt; 17. Savings and investment; 18. The effect of the national debt on capital and savings; 19. The temptation of inflation; References; Index.