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Social Foundations of Markets, Money and Credit Costas Lapavitsas

Social Foundations of Markets, Money and Credit By Costas Lapavitsas

Social Foundations of Markets, Money and Credit by Costas Lapavitsas


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The idea that money and its power over the world needs to be demystified, is one that not many people will argue with. This snappy well argued book attempts to do exactly that.

Social Foundations of Markets, Money and Credit Summary

Social Foundations of Markets, Money and Credit by Costas Lapavitsas

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.
This carefully argued book will prove interesting and valuable to students and researchers not only in economics, but also in sociology and anthropology. Well-informed critics of capitalism will also find it a useful read.

About Costas Lapavitsas

Costas Lapavitsas is Senior Lecturer in Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. He is co-editor of Development Policy in the Twenty-First Century, also available from Routledge.

Table of Contents

Part 1. Commodities, Markets and Capital 1. Social Relations Underpinning Commodity Markets 2. Commodities and Gifts Part 2. Money and Credit 3. Money's Monopoly over the Ability to Buy 4. The Social Content of Credit Relations Part 3. Theoretical Approaches to the Social Relations Sustaining Markets and Money 5. Social Norms and Institutions in the Capitalist Economy 6. The Emergence and Functioning of Money 7. Money as Unit of Account and Means of Exchange in a Socialist Economy

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NPB9780415318051
9780415318051
041531805X
Social Foundations of Markets, Money and Credit by Costas Lapavitsas
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2003-09-04
192
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