Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a reversal of conventional wisdom. He shows that for more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems to buy and sell goods that is, long before the invention of coins …
Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a reversal of conventional wisdom. He shows that for more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems to buy and sell goods that is, long before the invention of coins …
"Financial crises are systemic occurring simultaneously in different economies. In this book Guillermo Calvo focuses on liquidity factors as a commonality in financial crises. Specifically, he examines the role of 'liquidity crunch' in triggering crises. Calvo shows that a sharp…
"What is money, where does it come from, and who controls it? In this accessible, brilliantly argued book, leading political economist Ann Pettifor explains in straightforward terms history's most misunderstood invention: the money system. Pettifor argues that democracies can, a…
La 4e de couv. indique : "Comprendre la monnaie dans toute sa complexité, tel est l'objectif de ce livre. En tant que lien entre l'individuel et le collectif, la monnaie transmet la puissance souveraine à l'économie à travers le temps par son emprise sur la finance, donc sur le …
Présentation de l'éditeur : "In Money, Income and Time, Alvaro Cencini examines how money has been alternatively defined as a commodity and as the general equivalent of all commodities to be, subsequently, identified with the concept of numéraire, and, finally, reduced to the ac…
In Money, Income and Time, Alvaro Cencini examines how money has been alternatively defined as a commodity and as the general equivalent of all commodities to be, subsequently, identified with the concept of numéraire, and, finally, reduced to the actual notion of credit. To bet…
