The Social Life of Money

The Social Life of Money

Nigel Dodd

36,83 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
Princeton University Press
Año de edición:
2016
Materia
Economía
ISBN:
9780691169170
36,83 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Perelló (Valencia)
  • Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
  • El AlmaZen del Alquimista (Sevilla)
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Donde los libros
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)

A reevaluation of what money is-and what it might beQuestions about the nature of money have gained a new urgency in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Even as many people have less of it, there are more forms and systems of money, from local currencies and social lending to mobile money and Bitcoin. Yet our understanding of what money is-and what it might be-hasn’t kept pace. In The Social Life of Money, Nigel Dodd, one of today’s leading sociologists of money, reformulates the theory of the subject for a postcrisis world in which new kinds of money are proliferating.What counts as legitimate action by central banks that issue currency and set policy? What underpins the right of nongovernmental actors to create new currencies? And how might new forms of money surpass or subvert government-sanctioned currencies? To answer such questions, The Social Life of Money takes a fresh and wide-ranging look at modern theories of money.One of the book’s central concerns is how money can be wrested from the domination and mismanagement of banks and governments and restored to its fundamental position as the 'claim upon society' described by Georg Simmel. But rather than advancing yet another critique of the state-based monetary system, The Social Life of Money draws out the utopian aspects of money and the ways in which its transformation could in turn transform society, politics, and economics. The book also identifies the contributions of thinkers who have not previously been thought of as monetary theorists-including Nietzsche, Benjamin, Bataille, Deleuze and Guattari, Baudrillard, Derrida, and Hardt and Negri. The result provides new ways of thinking about money that seek not only to understand it but to change it.

Artículos relacionados

  • Principles of Economics 2e
    David Shapiro / Steven A. Greenlaw / Steven AGreenlaw / Timothy Taylor
    Principles of Economics 2e covers the scope and sequence of most introductory economics courses. The text includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of economics concepts. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to increase clarity, update data and current event impact...
    Disponible

    49,73 €

  • Perspectivas sobre desarrollo y territorio en el nuevo contexto
    José I. Távara / Roxana Barrantes
    Las contribuciones de este volumen intentan expresar el reconocimiento y el homenaje a Efraín Gonzales de Olarte, entrañable integrante de nuestra comunidad universitaria, una persona comprometida con la investigación y la formación de varias generaciones de profesionales y ciudadanos, dedicada al fortalecimiento de la educación en nuestro país, tanto dentro como fuera de las a...
    Disponible

    23,87 €

  • Comparable Worth
    Elaine Sorensen
    For decades women working as nurses, librarians, and secretaries have argued that they are paid less than men in jobs requiring comparable skill and effort. By the late 1980s, the notion of 'comparable worth' had become a familiar one, and comparable worth initiatives were being developed to counteract the persistent disparities between male and female pay. In a comprehensive a...
    Disponible

    47,60 €

  • Advances in Behavioral Economics
    Twenty years ago, behavioral economics did not exist as a field. Most economists were deeply skeptical--even antagonistic--toward the idea of importing insights from psychology into their field. Today, behavioral economics has become virtually mainstream. It is well represented in prominent journals and top economics departments, and behavioral economists, including several con...
    Disponible

    113,11 €

  • Financial Econometrics
    Christian Gourieroux / Joann Jasiak
    Financial econometrics is a great success story in economics. Econometrics uses data and statistical inference methods, together with structural and descriptive modeling, to address rigorous economic problems. Its development within the world of finance is quite recent and has been paralleled by a fast expansion of financial markets and an increasing variety and complexity of f...
    Disponible

    216,13 €

  • The Economics of E-Commerce
    Nir Vulkan
    Despite the recent misfortunes of many dotcoms, e-commerce will have major and lasting effects on economic activity. But the rise and fall in the valuations of the first wave of e-commerce companies show that vague promises of distant profits are insufficient. Only business models based on sound economic propositions will survive. This book provides professionals, investors, an...
    Disponible

    136,00 €