The Ontology and Function of Money - The Philosophical Fundamentals of Monetary Institutions (Hardcover)

The central thesis of the book is that in order to evaluate monetary policy, one should have a clear idea about the characteristics and functions of money as it evolved and in its current form. That is to say that without an understanding about how money evolved as a social institution, what it is today, and what is possible to know about monetary phenomena, it is not possible to develop a meaningful ethics for money; or, to put it differently, to find what kind of institutional arrangements may be deemed good money for the kind of society we are in. And without that, one faces severe limitations in offering a normative position about monetary policy. The project is, consequently, an interdisciplinary one. Its main thread is an inquiry of moral philosophy and its foundations, as applied to money, in order to create tools to evaluate public policy in regard to money, banking, and public finance; and the views of different schools on those topics are discussed. The book is organized in parts on metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and politics of money to facilitate the presentation of all the subjects discussed to an educated readership (and not necessarily just one with a background in economics).

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Release date:	December 2015
Authors:	Leonidas Zelmanovitz
Dimensions:	234 x 163 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	470
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-9511-6
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Macroeconomics > Monetary economics Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > General Books > Money & Finance > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-9511-5
Barcode:	9780739195116

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