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1 online resource (146 p.) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Note -- References -- Chapter 1 What Is Money? -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Mainstream Approaches to Money as a Medium of Exchange -- 1.3 Money as Debt? -- 1.3.1 The Unit of Account to List Debts and Prices -- 1.4 Money as a Social Institution -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Money and Value -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Money as a Store of Value -- 2.3 What Is Value? -- 2.4 Economic Values and Market Society -- 2.4.1 The Homo Economicus |
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2.4.2 Limitations of the Model -- 2.5 Discussion of the Concept of Monetary and Non-Monetary Value -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Value Creation in Market Economies -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Value of Money in Orthodox Theory -- 3.2.1 Value and the Quantity Theory of Money -- 3.2.2 Monetary Value and the Monetarist Approach -- 3.2.2.1 Some Challenges to Monetarism -- 3.3 The Fundamentals of Credit Money Approaches -- 3.3.1 Money, Credit, and Lending Activity -- 3.3.2 State or Political Authorities Are Essential Actors in the Monetary System -- 3.4 Value Creation in Market Economies |
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Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 The Spread of Finance: Innovation, Financialization, and the Transformation of the Market Economy -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 What Is Financial Innovation? -- 4.2.1 Financial Innovation as a Social and Political Process -- 4.2.2 Understanding Financial Innovation -- 4.3 Financial Innovation and the Financial Turn of the Economy -- 4.3.1 Social Consequences of the Expansion of Finance -- 4.3.2 Financialization Is Not Just an External Factor, It Is a Way of Thinking -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 New Forms of Creating and Storing Monetary Value |
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5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Alternative Monetary Initiatives -- 5.2.1 Ethical Banking -- 5.2.2 Alternative/Complementary/Local/Currency -- 5.2.3 New Alternatives -- 5.3 Private/Corporate Currency -- 5.4 Electronic Money -- 5.5 Virtual and Cryptocurrency -- 5.5.1 Does Bitcoin Represents a New Conception of Money? -- 5.6 Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC): Economic and Democratic Challenges -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Toward a New Paradigm of Money -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Reasons for a Change -- 6.2.1 The Need to Rethink the Standard Model of Economic Growth |
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6.2.2 Tackling Employment Inequality Is Key for a Cohesive and Inclusive Society -- 6.2.3 The Need to Re-Evaluate the Non-Monetary Economy -- 6.2.4 Erosion of the Post-War Welfare Social Contract -- 6.2.5 How Would a New Monetary Design Contribute to This Reformulation? -- 6.3 The Potential for Money to Have a Social Impact -- 6.4 Toward a New Paradigm of Money -- 6.4.1 The Unit of Account Function: Redefining the Relationship between Money and Labor -- 6.4.2 Means of Payment: The Value of Money and Real Commodities -- 6.4.3 The Store of Value Function: The Role of the State -- Notes |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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References |
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Money.
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Money -- Social aspects
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Money
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Money -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000969504 |
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1000969509 |
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