The future of money / by Riel Miller, Wolfgang Michalski and Barrie Stevens -- Whence and whither money? / by Michel … Aglietta -- The future technology of money / by Zachary Tumin -- Intangible economy and electronic money / by Charles …

Today all countries have fiat money issued by a central bank. There is no obligation by a central bank to exchange its … money for gold or any other good. Central banks have the monopoly to issue central bank money and have the power to create … their money out of nothing. Creating such a monetary system is functional for a capitalist economy and must be regarded as a …

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 …