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In this important new book, Geoffrey Ingham draws on neglected traditions in the social sciences to develop a theory of the 'social relation' of money.

• Genuinely multidisciplinary approach, based on a thorough knowledge of theories of money in the social sciences
  
• An original development of the neglected heterodox theories of money
  
• New histories of the origins and development of forms of money and their social relations of production in different monetary systems
  
• A radical interpretation of capitalism as a particular type of...

"Few economic phenomena provoke as much confusion as money. In this accessible book, Geoffrey Ingham cuts through this tangled web of debate to examine the fundamental debate over the nature of money and trace the import of these competing views for how we understand our contemporary monetary systems"--

Now with a substantial new postscript on the financial crisis

This book provides a basic introduction to the 'nuts and bolts' of capitalism. It starts by examining the classic accounts of capitalism found in the works of Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Joseph Schumpeter, and John Maynard Keynes. Each placed emphasis on different institutional elements of capitalism - Smith on the market's 'invisible hand'; Marx on capital's exploitation of labour; Weber on the foundations of economic rationality; and Schumpeter and Keynes on the instability that results from...

Now with a substantial new postscript on the financial crisis

This book provides a basic introduction to the 'nuts and bolts' of capitalism. It starts by examining the classic accounts of capitalism found in the works of Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Joseph Schumpeter, and John Maynard Keynes. Each placed emphasis on different institutional elements of capitalism - Smith on the market's 'invisible hand'; Marx on capital's exploitation of labour; Weber on the foundations of economic rationality; and Schumpeter and Keynes on the instability that results from...

In this important new book, Geoffrey Ingham draws on neglected traditions in the social sciences to develop a theory of the 'social relation' of money.

• Genuinely multidisciplinary approach, based on a thorough knowledge of theories of money in the social sciences
  
• An original development of the neglected heterodox theories of money
  
• New histories of the origins and development of forms of money and their social relations of production in different monetary systems
  
• A radical interpretation of capitalism as a particular type of...

This book dealt with differences in the structure of large - and small - scale industrial organizations and the consequences of these differences for worker behaviour.