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Author:
Martin, Felix, 1974- author.
Title:
Money : the unauthorized biography / Felix Martin.
Publisher:
Doubleday Canada,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
viii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Money--History.
Money--Social aspects.
Economics--History.
Economics--Sociological aspects.
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-309) and index.
Contents:
What is money? -- Getting money's measure -- The Aegean invention of economic value -- The monetary maquis -- The birth of the money interest -- The natural history of the vampire squid -- The great monetary settlement -- The economic consequences of Mr. Locke -- Money through the looking-glass -- Strategies of the sceptics -- Structural solutions -- Hamlet without the prince : how economics forgot money... -- ...and why it is a problem -- How to turn the locusts into bees -- The boldest measures are the safest -- Taking money seriously.
Summary:
A history of money and economics.
ISBN:
038567869X (pbk.)
9780385678698 (pbk.)
0385678673 (bound)
9780385678674 (bound)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)859028238
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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