The nature of money
Mainstream economics fails to grasp the nature of money. It is seen either as a 'neutral veil' over the operation of the 'real' economy or as a 'thing' - a special commodity. This book draws on neglected traditions in the social sciences to develop a theory of the 'social relation' of money
ix, 254 pages ; 24 cm
9780745609966, 9780745609973, 0745609961, 074560997X
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Introduction
Money as a commodity and 'neutral' symbol of commodities
Abstract value, credit, and the state
Money in sociological theory
Fundamentals of a theory of money
The historical origins of money and its pre-capitalist forms
The development of capitalist credit-money
The production of capitalist credit-money
Monetary disorder
New monetary spaces
Concluding remarks