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Moral Economies of Money

Politics and the Monetary Constitution of Society (Currencies: New Thinking for Financial Times)

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Moral Economies of Money

By: Jakob Feinig
Narrated by: Ian Putnam
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For much of American history, large numbers of people claimed that money was a public good and asserted the right to shape money creation practices. If popular knowledge about money creation was once widely shared, how and why did it disappear?

In this astute new work, Jakob Feinig shows how the relation between money users and money-issuing governments changed from British colonial North America to today's United States, discussing how popular movements reshaped money-creating institutions, and how their opponents attempted to silence them. He also reveals how monetary and political history unfolds in the tension between "moral economies of money" and "monetary silencing." Offering an introduction to money creation practices since the colonial era, the book enables listeners to understand why most people are disconnected from knowledge about money creation today. At the same time, the book also allows listeners to situate the recent prominence of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) against a broader historical background. Historians of capitalism, economic and political sociologists, social theorists, anthropologists of money, and anyone seeking to understand monetary activism, will find this book helps to clarify present-day possibilities in light of historical processes.

The book is published by Stanford University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

"Brilliant, thought-provoking, and illuminating." (Christine Desan, Harvard University)

"An absorbingly rich history of the struggles over money in the United States...." (Geoffrey Ingham, University of Cambridge)

"Compelling fusion of sociological insight and historical narrative...." (Roy Kreitner, Tel Aviv University)

©2022 Jakob Feinig (P)2023 Redwood Audiobooks
Economic History Politics & Government United States American History Economic disparity Economic Inequality

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