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The '''British Currency School''' was a group of British economists, active in the 1840s and 1850s, who argued that the excessive issuing of [[banknote]]s was a major cause of [[price inflation]]
The leading figure of the school was [[Samuel Jones-Loyd, Baron Overstone]], the British politician and banker. More than fifty years later his role in the debate was analysed and criticised by [[Henry Meulen]], an opponent of the Act. See [http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=1414&chapter=45564&layout=html&Itemid=27 Viner's book] .
The Currency School was opposed by members of the [[British Banking School]], who argued that currency issue could be naturally restricted by the desire of bank depositors to redeem their notes for gold.
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