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Social foundations of markets, money, and credit /
Where does the power of money come from? Why is trust so important in financial operations? How does the swapping of gifts differ from the exchange of commodities? Where does self-interest stop and communal solidarity start in capitalist economies?These issues and many more are discussed in a rigoro...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2003.
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| Series: | Routledge frontiers of political economy ;
49. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Commodities, markets and capital; Social relations underpinning commodity markets; Commodities and gifts; Money and credit; Money's monopoly over the ability to buy; The social content of credit relations; Theoretical approaches to the social relations sustaining markets and money; Social norms and institutions in the capitalist economy; The emergence and functioning of money; Money as unit of account and means of exchange in a socialist society; Notes; Bibliography; Index