1. Introduction : money puzzles / Heiner Ganssmann -- 2. The role and the place of money and credit in the economy of ancient Mesopotamia / Johannes Renger -- 3. The Greek invention of money / Richard Seaford -- 4. Explaining the origin of money : interdisciplinary perspectives / N. Emrah...

Ultra-low interest rates have become an endemic and potentially problematic characteristic of the global economy. Central banks in the euro area, the United States, Japan and Australia have bet on lowering interest rates to increase inflation, but despite their efforts, core inflation remains...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- PART 1: NATIONAL PAYMENTS- Chapter 2. Nominal and real money, general equivalent, and value -- Chapter 3. From money as a numéraire to the quantity theory of money -- Chapter 4. Keynes on bank money and the ‘monetary theory of production’ -- Chapter 5. The...