Money Talks : Explaining How Money Really Works / Nina Bandelj, Frederick F. Wherry, Viviana A. Zelizer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bandelj, Nina, editor.

Wherry, Frederick F., editor.

Zelizer, Viviana A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Sociological aspects.

Economics.

Money--Political aspects.

Money.

Money--Social aspects.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The world of money is being transformed as households and organizations face changing economies, and new currencies and payment systems like Bitcoin and Apple Pay gain ground. What is money, and how do we make sense of it? Money Talks is the first book to offer a wide range of alternative and unexpected explanations of how social relations, emotions, moral concerns, and institutions shape how we create, mark, and use money. This collection brings together a stellar group of international experts from multiple disciplines-sociology, economics, history, law, anthropology, political science, and philosophy-to propose fresh explanations for money's origins, uses, effects, and future.Money Talks explores five key questions: How do social relationships, emotions, and morals shape how people account for and use their money? How do corporations infuse social meaning into their financing and investment practices? What are the historical, political, and social foundations of currencies? When does money become contested, and are there things money shouldn't buy? What is the impact of the new twenty-first-century currencies on our social relations?At a time of growing concern over financial inequality, Money Talks overturns conventional views about money by revealing its profound social potential.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Advancing Money Talks / Bandelj, Nina / Wherry, Frederick F. / Zelizer, Viviana A.

Part I. Beyond Fungibility

1. Economics and the Social Meaning of Money / Morduch, Jonathan

2. Morals and Emotions of Money / Bandelj, Nina / Boston, Tyler / Elyachar, Julia / Kim, Julie / McBride, Michael / Tufail, Zaibu / Weatherall, James Owen

3. How Relational Accounting Matters / Wherry, Frederick F.

PART II. Beyond Special Monies

4. The Social Meaning of Credit, Value, and Finance / Carruthers, Bruce G.

5. From Industrial Money to Generalized Capitalization / Polillo, Simone

PART III. Creating Money

6. The Constitutional Approach to Money / Desan, Christine

7. The Market Mirage / Grewal, David Singh

8. The Macro- Social Meaning of Money / Helleiner, Eric

PART IV. Contested Money

9. Money and Emotion / Hochschild, Arlie

10. Paid to Donate Egg Donors, Sperm Donors, and Gendered Experiences of Bodily Commodification / Almeling, Rene

11. Money and Family Relationships / Singh, Supriya

PART V. Money Futures

12. Money Talks, Plastic Money Tattles / Guseva, Alya / Rona-Tas, Akos

13. Blockchains Are a Diamond's Best Friend / Maurer, Bill

14. Utopian Monies / Dodd, Nigel

Selected References on the Social Scientific Study of Money

Contributor Biographies

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9781400885268

1400885264

OCLC:

980830210