{"product_id":"a-political-theory-of-money-hardback-9781009331432","title":"A Political Theory of Money (Hardback) 9781009331432","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Political Theory of Money\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnderstanding money's nature as political, institutional, and material answers today's big money questions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnush Kapadia (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009331432, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 January 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eUnderstanding money's nature as political, institutional, and material answers today's big money questions. Money remains a foundational question of social theory. What is money? Why does something so insubstantial have value? How do money systems make promises function like valuable things? Why are money systems always hierarchical yet variable? The answer, the book argues, is politics. Money is institutionalised social power. Politics generates institutions that differentially lock into the future product of political and economic collectives. Money emerges from the institutionalisation of social antagonisms to encapsulate a collective's productive potential in a flexible, tradable instrument. This takes a system. Money is built in hierarchical layers out of the inherently variable material of politics and at various economic scales. This book outlines these variable processes theoretically and through case studies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. 1. Money anchored to the future\u003cbr\u003e 2. The money fetish: making promises into things\u003cbr\u003e 3. Bending not breaking: monetary sovereignty and the survival constraint\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mystical kernel within the rational shell: the Banking School's residual Chartalism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Between currency and credit: Mehrling's money view\u003cbr\u003e 6. There is no such thing as fiat money\u003cbr\u003e 7. Coherence: why money is not value\u003cbr\u003e Part II. 8. National Money vs Shadow Banking: contradictions of a public-private credit system\u003cbr\u003e 9. A world without world money\u003cbr\u003e 10. Proof of institutions: cryptocurrencies as digital fiat money\u003cbr\u003e 11. Europe and democratic funding\u003cbr\u003e 12. Democratic sovereignty makes money\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic \u0026amp; financial crises \u0026amp; disasters [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic \u0026amp; financial crises \u0026amp; disasters\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20\u0026amp;%20financial%20crises%20\u0026amp;%20disasters%20%5BKCX%5D%22\"\u003eKCX\u003c\/a\u003e], Economic systems \u0026amp; structures [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic systems \u0026amp; structures\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20systems%20\u0026amp;%20structures%20%5BKCS%5D%22\"\u003eKCS\u003c\/a\u003e], Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e], Monetary economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Monetary economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Monetary%20economics%20%5BKCBM%5D%22\"\u003eKCBM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52413981163800,"sku":"9781009331432","price":73.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009331432i.jpg?v=1784333705","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-political-theory-of-money-hardback-9781009331432","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}