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In the wake of global financial crisis this collection of essays by economists, historians, anthropologists, literary critics, and sociologists offers a critical analysis of the root metaphors and models of money.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the
Journal of Cultural Economy.
List of contents
1. Introduction: After the Crash, Beyond Liquidity Brad Pasanek and Simone Polillo 2. Commercial Material Flows as Generators of Symbols Arthur Stinchcombe 3. Money as Electricity Anne Mayhew 4. Parallel Journeys: Adam Smith and Milton Friedman on the Regulation of Banking Hugh Rockoff 5. Insurance, Risk and the Problem of Representation John O'Brien 6. Desire and Disease in the Speculative Economy: A Critique of the Language of Crisis Nicky Marsh 7. The Liquid Life: Money and Circulation of Success after Franklin Matthew Garrett 8. ‘The Root of all Good’: Ayn Rand and the Meaning of Money Jennifer Burns 9. Mobile Money, Money Magic, Purse Limits and Pins: Tracing Monetary Pragmatics Bill Maurer
About the author
Brad Pasanek is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Virginia, USA, where he has taught since 2008. His research focuses on the use of metaphor in eighteenth-century poetry, drama, fiction, and other non-fiction prose genres of the Enlightenment.
Simone Polillo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Virginia, USA. His most recent publications include a theoretical and historical account of money and moral authority in the postbellum United States and a consideration of wildcat banking and the current financial crisis.
Summary
In the wake of global financial crisis this collection of essays by economists, historians, anthropologists, literary critics, and sociologists offers a critical analysis of the root metaphors and models of money. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Cultural Economy.
