The "Wizard of Oz" as a Monetary Allegory
解读《绿野仙踪》作为19世纪90年代自由银币运动寓言的深层含义，揭示人物与历史人物的对应关系，并重新审视威廉·詹宁斯·布莱恩及自由银币主张的理论与实证依据。
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, perhaps America's favorite children's story, is also an informed comment on the battle over free silver in the 1890s. The characters in the story represent real figures, such as William Jennings Bryan. This paper interprets the allegory of economists and economic historians, illuminating a number of elements left unexplained by critics concerned with the politics of the allegory. It also reexamines Bryan and the case for free silver. Far from being monetary cranks, the advocates of free silver had a strong argument on both theoretical and empirical grounds. Copyright 1990 by University of Chicago Press.