Money and markets : a doctrinal approach / edited by Alberto Giacomin and Maria Cristina Marcuzzo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giacomin, Alberto.

Marcuzzo, Maria Cristina, 1948-

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 86.

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 86

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Money.

Finance.

Physical Description:

xv, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Summary:

This book brings together fourteen essays by leading authors in the field of economics to explore the relationship between money and markets throughout economic theory and history, providing readers with the key to understanding fundamental issues in monetary theory and other important debates in contemporary economics.Addressing this popular and topical area in economic discussion and debate an impressive array of contributors, including Meghnad Desai, Charles Goodhart and John Davis examine the theory, policy and history of economics in the USA, Europe and Japan. The subjects covered include: the history of economic thoughtmoney and bankingmonetary economicspovertymodern economic history.This volume is essential reading for postdoctoral researchers and historians of economic thought across the globe.

Contents:

Money and markets : introduction / Alberto Giacomin and Maria Cristina Marcuzzo

Monetary and social relationships / Charles A. E. Goodhart

Complexity theory's network conception of the individual / John B. Davis

Does game theory offer 'new' mathematical images of economic reality? / Giorgio Israel

Money, markets and property / Gunnar Heinsohn and Otto Steiger

Money and markets as twin concepts? : some lessons from the recent history of market theory / Jean Cartelier

The monetary-policy relevance of an international settlement institution : the Keynes plan 60 years later / Sergio Rossi

Price and prejudice : the statics and dynamics of money-wage flexibility / Annamaria Simonazzi and Fernando Vianello

Beyond the quanty theory : a reappraisal of Jean Bodin's monetary ideas / Jérôme Blanc

Money as a social bookkeeping device : from mercantilism to General Equilibrium theory / Heinz-Peter Spahn

Death in Venice, John Law : art collector, monetary theorist and corporate financier / Antoin E. Murphy

Paper money : a reassessment of Adam Smith's view / Alberto Giacomin

'Incalculability' and the heterogeneity of agents in Frederick Lavington's monetary theory of markets / Cecile Dangel-Hagnauer and Alain Raybaut

Profit rate, money and economic dynamics in Fanno's thought / Cristina Nardi Spiller and Mario Pomini

Money and usury in the economics of Ezra Pound / Meghnad Desai.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415384032

0415384036

0203099966

9780203099964

OCLC:

71426893