As the recent financial crisis has revealed, the state is central to the stability of the money system, while the … chaotic privately-owned banks reap the benefits without shouldering the risks. This book argues that money is a public … resource that has been hijacked by capitalism. Mary Mellor explores the history of money and modern banking, showing how …

money, because Triffin and successors assume a commodity theory of money, a loanable funds model for credit creation, and … - chartalist money, endogenous credit creation, and interlocked global balance sheets - enables us to see four factors behind the …, and the dollar's status as global quasi-state money. …

Using novel survey data, we examine attitudes towards money and to what extent they affect economic outcomes in … Switzerland. We find that three main types of attitudes towards money co-exist: the prestige and power attitude, the money … Switzerland. Attitudes towards money shape financial behaviour, but the relationship varies depending on the type of financial …

impatient children and adolescents are more likely to spend money on alcohol and cigarettes, have a higher body mass index (BMI …) and are less likely to save money. Experimental measures for risk and ambiguity attitudes are only weak predictors of …

savings. Is saving behaviour in EU-accession countries now driven by the same forces as it is in market economies? We use a …