Examining the value of money in turkey over the long term (1469-2009)

This paper aims to examine the tremendous loss of value of money over the long term during the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey between 1469-2009. By 1844, 1.1 Ottoman lira exchanged for one English pound, but in 2005, 1.5 million Turkish lira exchanged for one U.S. dollar. By critically...

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Main Author: Abdullah, Adam
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Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2013
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description This paper aims to examine the tremendous loss of value of money over the long term during the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey between 1469-2009. By 1844, 1.1 Ottoman lira exchanged for one English pound, but in 2005, 1.5 million Turkish lira exchanged for one U.S. dollar. By critically examining the value and purchasing power of money in Ottoman-Turkey, this paper compares empirical evidence and statistics through long term analysis of silver and commodity price indices, as to which medium of exchange provides for the best store of value. This paper discovers that monetary policy should not target stable prices, by managing the quantity or purchasing power of money, but instead adopt a monetary theory of value involving a stable currency, free of monetary management, permitting a stable purchasing power and thus stable prices.
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spelling iium-446652015-09-14T02:09:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/44665/ Examining the value of money in turkey over the long term (1469-2009) Abdullah, Adam HB Economic Theory This paper aims to examine the tremendous loss of value of money over the long term during the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey between 1469-2009. By 1844, 1.1 Ottoman lira exchanged for one English pound, but in 2005, 1.5 million Turkish lira exchanged for one U.S. dollar. By critically examining the value and purchasing power of money in Ottoman-Turkey, this paper compares empirical evidence and statistics through long term analysis of silver and commodity price indices, as to which medium of exchange provides for the best store of value. This paper discovers that monetary policy should not target stable prices, by managing the quantity or purchasing power of money, but instead adopt a monetary theory of value involving a stable currency, free of monetary management, permitting a stable purchasing power and thus stable prices. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2013-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44665/1/Abdullah%2C_13-12%2C_Turkey.pdf Abdullah, Adam (2013) Examining the value of money in turkey over the long term (1469-2009). Asian Social Science, 9 (17). pp. 187-208. ISSN 1911-2017 http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/32439 ass.v9n17p187
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Examining the value of money in turkey over the long term (1469-2009)
title Examining the value of money in turkey over the long term (1469-2009)
title_full Examining the value of money in turkey over the long term (1469-2009)
title_fullStr Examining the value of money in turkey over the long term (1469-2009)
title_full_unstemmed Examining the value of money in turkey over the long term (1469-2009)
title_short Examining the value of money in turkey over the long term (1469-2009)
title_sort examining the value of money in turkey over the long term (1469-2009)
topic HB Economic Theory
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