Re: a Hayek-Riegel correspondence - The Hayek archives does not contain 
any correspondence file for Riegel. Does MaCallum have access to 
Riegel's own archives?  Perhaps that is where it is to be found...
In any event, the disparaging footnote about Riegel in 
"Denationalization of Money" is Hayek's own, not the editor's. Note that 
the sentence with the footnote is in a section titled "... and Banking 
Cranks." Hayek apparently perceived Riegel to be a crank, this despite 
Irving Fisher having been drawn to his work.
As to the name for Hayek's new currency, on that I have not a clue, but 
it is indeed an interesting question.
Bruce Caldwell

On 1/3/2012 2:04 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Does anyone have information on Hayek's link to EC Riegel (I have been 
> in contact with Spencer Heath MaCallum who edited Riegel's work and 
> claimed there was correspondence between them but have not seen it)?
>
> The specific context is how (and whether) Hayek with the 
> 'Denationalisation of Money' came round to Riegel's thinking in his 
> idea of "Private Enterprise Money". In a footnote of Good Money Part 2 
> - The Standard (ed. Stephen Kresge) (p.195) there is a disparaging 
> reference to Riegel (in connection with his correspondence with 
> Fisher) - I assume the note is from the editor. I am not aware of any 
> serious critique of Riegel's thinking but would be glad of references.
>
> Another question concerns the comment made by Hayek in the same book 
> (245-6) that he had in mind a name for an international currency (much 
> better than a "Solid") but wouldn't name it for trade mark reasons. 
> Does anyone know more on this name or currency proposal?
>
> with thanks
>
> Arthur Edwards


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