Money and Calculation Economic and Sociological Perspectives
Money is an important instrument of calculation: as a unit of account and means of payment, it serves the purpose of exchange. Yet, it is increasingly becoming itself an object of exchange and calculation on financial markets, which tend less to the production and exchange of real goods. The questio...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2010, 2010
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| Series: | Bocconi on Management Series
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Money is an important instrument of calculation: as a unit of account and means of payment, it serves the purpose of exchange. Yet, it is increasingly becoming itself an object of exchange and calculation on financial markets, which tend less to the production and exchange of real goods. The question therefore is: has the economy lost its measure? |
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| Physical Description: | VIII, 222 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230298019 |