The recent rise of dollar, pound, and euro inflation rates has rekindled the debate over potential alternative monies, particularly gold and Bitcoin. Though Bitcoin has been much discussed in recent years, a basic understanding of how it and gold would work as monetary standards is rare....

Understanding money's nature as political, institutional, and material answers today's big money questions. Money remains a foundational question of social theory. What is money? Why does something so insubstantial have value? How do money systems make promises function like valuable things? Why...

Nous connaissons des emprunteurs (États, entreprises, particuliers…), plus rarement des prêteurs. De même, nous avons assisté à des dépenses spectaculaires, comme le renflouement des banques à la suite de la crise des subprimes ou le soutien à l'économie pendant la pandémie de covid,...

"This erudite book offers an extensive overview of the key debates taking place amongst Post Keynesian economists, acknowledging the vital contribution Post Keynesian scholarship has made to theoretical and policy discourse in the 21st century. Bringing together distinguished experts from across...