Focusing on the social nature of money, this collection presents both sociologist views of money’s defining influence on labor markets, households, corporate behavior, and international
collaboration; and economist views on precise aspects of economic life intertwined with society and social institutions. The 15 contributions explore the role played by representations of money
in which the whole social group invests its trust, credit money weaknesses exposed by the global financial crisis, non-capitalist monetary systems, the current banking crisis in the U.K., the
economic policies of the new consensus macroeconomics, and Marx’s critique of money, credit, and fictitious capital. A closing chapter by Geoffrey Ingham, the premier sociologist of money,
comments on each author’s paper. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
