This book provides an introduction to the theory of support-bargaining and money-bargaining. Support-bargaining arises from the propensity of all individuals to seek the support of those around them and is the underlying mechanism of democratic societies. It is also the underlying mechanism of...

1. Support-bargaining and the evolution of human societies -- 2. Money and money-bargaining -- 3. Macroeconomics and money-bargaining -- 4. Evolutionary economics -- 5. The evolution of money-bargaining -- 6. The state and money-bargaining -- 7. Support-bargaining, credit and confidence -- 8....