A Political Theory of Money by Anush Kapadia Hardcover Book

Description: A Political Theory of Money by Anush Kapadia Money is institutionalised social power. It 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. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Understanding moneys nature as political, institutional, and material answers todays 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 collectives 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. Author Biography Anush Kapadia is Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He works on the politics of financial systems and his research interests are Sociology and political economy of finance, Political economy of development, Indian political economy, Theories of money, Classical political economy, New and old Institutionalism and History of economic thought. He has conducted both theoretical and empirical work in case studies covering Indian bond markets, the US shadow-banking system, the EU, and the global reserve system. Table of Contents Acknowledgements; Part I. 1. Money anchored to the future; 2. The money fetish: making promises into things; 3. Bending not breaking: monetary sovereignty and the survival constraint; 4. Mystical kernel within the rational shell: the Banking Schools residual Chartalism; 5. Between currency and credit: Mehrlings money view; 6. There is no such thing as fiat money; 7. Coherence: why money is not value; Part II. 8. National Money vs Shadow Banking: contradictions of a public-private credit system; 9. A world without world money; 10. Proof of institutions: cryptocurrencies as digital fiat money; 11. Europe and democratic funding; 12. Democratic sovereignty makes money; References; Index. Promotional Understanding moneys nature as political, institutional, and material answers todays big money questions. Details ISBN1009331434 Author Anush Kapadia Pages 320 Publisher Cambridge University Press ISBN-10 1009331434 ISBN-13 9781009331432 Format Hardcover Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises AU Release Date 2023-07-31 NZ Release Date 2023-07-31 Alternative 9781009331449 DEWEY 332.401 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Year 2024 Publication Date 2024-01-04 UK Release Date 2024-01-04 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168503227;

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