This paper discusses the evolution of money and the monetary system. The origins of money debate is framed in terms of … functionalism versus chartalism. Endogenous Schumpeterian dynamics apply to the evolution of money and monetary systems, and those … relabeled "Gresham's fallacy" because good money drives out bad. The Gresham dynamic is also supportive of the functionalist …

population-level interactions. I apply this framework on the case of money, analyzing the emotions that go along with the use of … money, and presenting a stylized account of the emergence of money in terms of the naturalized Searle-Aoki model. In this … view, money is a neuronally anchored metaphor for emotions relating with social exchange and reciprocity. Money as a meme …