Social foundations of markets, money, and credit /

By:

Lapavitsas, Costas

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge frontiers of political economyPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, c2003.Description: x, 170 pISBN:

041531805X
9780415318051

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DDC classification:

330.12'2 LAP

LOC classification:

HB501 .L265 2003

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Summary: 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 rigorous, yet readable, manner in Social Foundations of Markets, Money and Credit . It is shown in particular that capitalist economies are permeated with non-economic characteristics.

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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: p. 152-167.

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 rigorous, yet readable, manner in Social Foundations of Markets, Money and Credit . It is shown in particular that capitalist economies are permeated with non-economic characteristics.

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