There is perhaps nothing so commonplace and yet so mystifying as money. But to European communists, money was clearly an instrument of economic exploitation and spiritual alienation. In this groundbreaking study, Jonathan R. Zatlin explores the East German attempt to create a perfect society by...

In den Jahren der Inflation war in Deutschland das Wirtschaftsleben nur mit der Ausgabe von Notgeld aufrechtzuerhalten. Der Reichsfinanzminister behielt sich zwar die Genehmigung vor, doch da sowohl staatliche Stellen als auch private Wirtschaftsbetriebe in immer kürzeren Zeiträumen neues Geld...

"This book traces the role of money in the creation of the state. From US independence to the establishment of the EU and the breakup of the USSR and beyond, Wilson examines changing attitudes about monetary sovereignty, arguing for a more rational attitude toward money as a means of...