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Autore |
Fayazmanesh Sasan <1950-> |
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Titolo |
Money and exchange [[electronic resource] ] : folktales and reality / / Sasan Fayazmanesh |
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New York, N.Y ; ; London, : Routledge, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-42318-7 |
1-280-54324-8 |
9786610543243 |
0-203-96558-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (170 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in the history of economics ; ; 77 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Exchange - History |
Exchange |
Money - History |
Money |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The first community and the equation of exchange; 3 The sons of Adam, justice in exchange, and the medieval economy; 4 The bartering savage and the equation of exchange; 5 Primitive communities, the equation of exchange, and proper point of departure; 6 Mademoiselle Zelie and the ""scientific"" theory of exchange; 7 Neo-Walrasianism, the matrix of exchange, and beyond; 8 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Whether a theoretical system is realistic or not has been a concern in economics, particularly in monetary theory, over the past century. Following John R. Hicks' proposal that a realistic monetary theory could be constructed along an evolutionary path, starting with the workings of a real market, this volume considers whether we can look to the medieval economy as the point of departure. Drawing upon the work of |
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Aristotle, scholastic economists, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, William Stanley Jevons, Léon Walras and many modern monetary theorists, this intriguing book provides a criti |
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