... p.109.SCpoBohm-Bawerk,op.cit.,II.Abt.,p.217.lOIVALUE OF MONEY§3 The ProblemsInvolvedin the Theory of the Value of Money The theory of money must take account of the fundamentaldifference between the principles which govern the value of moneyandthose which govern the value of commodities.In the ... doesnotmeanthat the progress of the sciencehasleftnotraceonmonetarytheoryingeneralandon the theory of the value of moneyinparticular.Itisone of the manyservices of the subjectivetheory of valuetohaveprepared the wayfor adeeper understanding of the natureandvalue of money. The investigations of Mengerhaveplaced the theoryonanewbasis.Buttillnowonethinghasbeenneglected.Neitherl\1enger,norany of the manyinvestigatorswhohavetriedtofollowhim,haveevensomuchasattemptedtosolve the fundamentalproblem of the value of money.Broadlyspeaking,theyhaveoccupiedthemselveswithcheckinganddeveloping the traditionalviewsandhereandthereexpoundingthemmorecorrectlyandprecisely,buttheyhavenotprovidedananswerto the question:Whatare the determinants of the objectiveexchange-value of money?MengerandJevonshavenottouchedupon the problematall.Carver3andKinley'havecontributednothing of realimportanceto ... respect, the QuantityTheoryresemblesvariousgeneraltheories of value(manyversions of the doctrine of supplyanddemand,forexample),whichhavenotattemptedtoexplainpriceassuchbuthavebeencontenttoestablish alaw of price-variations.lTheseforms of the QuantityTheoryareinfactnothingbut the application of the Law of SupplyandDemandto the problem of the value of money.Theyintroduceintomonetarytheoryall the strongpoints of thisdoctrine;and of course...