Credit and State Theories of Money
Credit and State Theories of Money

Author: L. Randall Wray

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9781843769842

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In 1913 and 1914, A. Mitchell Innes published a pair of articles that stand as two of the best pieces written in the twentieth century on the nature of money. Only recently rediscovered, these articles are reprinted and analyzed here for the first time.

The Credit Theory of Money
The Credit Theory of Money

Author: Alfred Mitchell-Innes

Publisher:

Published: 1914

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781646793631

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"[What is Money? and The Credit Theory of Money is] the best pair of articles on the nature of money written in the twentieth century." -L. Randall Wray, professor of Economics, Bard College (2004) The Credit Theory of Money (1914) is one of two important articles written by British economist Alfred Mitchell-Innes about money and credit. Together with Mitchell-Innes' other article, What is Money? (also available from Cosimo Classics), it influenced Modern Monetary Theory, which states that governments can print as much money as they need without having to borrow or tax to finance spending. The Credit Theory of Money is essential reading for students of monetary theories and economic history.

Modern Money Theory
Modern Money Theory

Author: L. Randall Wray

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-09-22

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1137539925

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This second edition explores how money 'works' in the modern economy and synthesises the key principles of Modern Money Theory, exploring macro accounting, currency regimes and exchange rates in both the USA and developing nations.

Money and Credit
Money and Credit

Author: Bruce G. Carruthers

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-05-03

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0745655343

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This book offers a fresh and uniquely sociological perspective on money and credit. As basic economic institutions, money and credit are easy to overlook when they work well. When they malfunction, as they did in the new millennium’s global financial crisis, their importance becomes obvious and demands further investigation. Bruce Carruthers and Laura Ariovich examine the social dimensions of money and credit at both the individual and corporate levels, from the development of personal credit and a consumer society, to the role of government in the creation of money. In clear prose, they illustrate how the overall future of the economy is governed by the financial system and the flow of capital into, and out of, firms operating in particular industrial sectors, as well as the social meanings money itself acquires and the ways people distinguish between “dirty” and “clean” money. This accessible and engaging book will be essential reading for upper-level students of economic sociology, and those interested in how the bills, coins and plastic in our pockets shape the world we live in.