Doing money : elementary monetary theory from a sociological standpoint

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    • Ganssmann, Heiner

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Doing money : elementary monetary theory from a sociological standpoint

Heiner Ganssmann

(Routledge international studies in money and banking, 68)

Routledge, 2013

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"First issued in paperback in 2013"--T.p. verso

"First published 2012"--T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book puts in place the groundwork for an alternative theory of money in a sociological perspective, proceeding by way of a critique of existing theories.

Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction Part 1: Problems and their Settings 1.1 Capitalism 1.2 Money: A veil? 1.3 Money: A Symbol? 1.4 Money: A Language? Part 2: Clarifications 2.1 Language and Money 2.2 Everyday Use of Money 2.3 Prices and the Metric of Money 2.4 Money as Things vs. Money as Pure Information 2.5 Money as a Social Relation? Part 3: Elementary Theory 3.1 Contingency and Interaction 3.2 Origins and Acceptability of Money 3.3 Quantitative Price Determination 3.4 Money and Uncertainty Absorption 3.5 Credit 3.6 Money, Credit and Crises. Conclusion

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Details

  • NCID
    BB1912958X
  • ISBN
    • 9780415750080
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 179 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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