Money : ideology, history, politics / Geoffrey Ingham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ingham, Geoffrey K., author.

Series:

What is political economy? (Polity Press)

What is political economy?

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Money.

Physical Description:

154 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2020.

Summary:

"Few economic phenomena provoke as much confusion as money. In this accessible book, Geoffrey Ingham cuts through this tangled web of debate to examine the fundamental debate over the nature of money and trace the import of these competing views for how we understand our contemporary monetary systems"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I What is Money?

1 Money's Puzzles p. 3

2 The 'Incompatibles': Commodity and Credit Theories p. 16

3 A Social Theory of Money and Monetary Systems p. 39

Part II Capitalism and Money

4 The Evolution of Capitalist Money p. 61

5 Modern Money (i): States, Central Banks, and Their Banking System p. 86

6 Modern Money (ii): 'Near' Money; 'Complementary', 'Alternative', and 'Surrogate' Money; and 'Crypto-Currency' p. 104

7 The Great Financial Crisis and the Question of Money p. 117.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Ingham, Geoffrey K. Money.

ISBN:

9781509526819

1509526811

9781509526826

150952682X

OCLC:

1096361009