Social Life of Money

Zusatztext "This brilliant book helps reconsidering views, opinions and theoretical claims on money that might be taken for granted too easily. It is a must-read for any scholar interested in the topic as it helps to better understand the nature of money—or, of monies. Also, surely many future in-depth case studies of particular forms of money will gain enormously from this work." ---Philipp Degens, LSE Sociology Informationen zum Autor Nigel DoddWith a new preface by the author Klappentext Questions about the nature of money have gained a new urgency in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Even as many people have less of it, there are more forms and systems of money, from local currencies and social lending to mobile money and Bitcoin. Yet our understanding of what money is--and what it might be--hasn't kept pace. In The Social Life of Money, Nigel Dodd, one of today's leading sociologists of money, reformulates the theory of the subject for a postcrisis world in which new kinds of money are proliferating. Zusammenfassung Questions about the nature of money have gained a new urgency in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Even as many people have less of it, there are more forms and systems of money, from local currencies and social lending to mobile money and Bitcoin. Yet our understanding of what money is--and what it might be--hasn't kept pace. In The So

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• Autori: Nigel Dodd, Dodd Nigel
• Con la collaborazione di: Nigel Dodd (Prefazione), Dodd Nigel (Prefazione)
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9780691169170
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16917-0
• Pagine: 464
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 235 mm x 26 mm
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Monetary Economics, Economic theory and philosophy