Economics, Anthropology and the Origin of Money As a Bargaining Counte

This book argues that money originated as a bargaining counter in a system of money-bargaining, emerging almost seamlessly from barter-bargaining. This book will be of great interest to researchers in the history and origins of money, banking and economic theory more broadly.

List of contents

Introduction   Introduction to Support-Bargaining and Money-Bargaining   Chapter 1: Support, Support-Bargaining and Social Debt   Chapter 2: Support, Violence, Homer, Malinowski   Chapter 3: Support and the Organisation of Faith   Chapter 4: Intellectual Support-Bargaining and Frames of Reference   Chapter 5: Polanyi, Gifts and Markets   Chapter 6: Words, Maths and Money   Chapter 7: Barter, Credit and Money   Chapter 8: Graeber, Smith and Capitalism   Chapter 9: State Money and Corporate Budgets   Chapter 10: Knapp, Keynes and the State Theory of Money   Chapter 11: Coins and Greek Feasts   Chapter 12: Conclusion: Money as a Bargaining Counter

About the author

Patrick Spread graduated from Trinity College, Oxford, UK and received a PhD from the London Business School. This is his ninth book based on the theory of support-bargaining and money-bargaining. In his career he has mixed theoretical research with work as an economic adviser and consultant to governments and economic development agencies.

Summary

This book argues that money originated as a bargaining counter in a system of money-bargaining, emerging almost seamlessly from barter-bargaining. This book will be of great interest to researchers in the history and origins of money, banking and economic theory more broadly.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Spread, Spread Patrick
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032322278
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3232227-8
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, Economic history, Economic theory & philosophy, Society and culture: general, Economic theory and philosophy