03237oam 2200733I 450 991045141050332120200520144314.01-134-36880-10-429-23357-41-138-81080-01-280-02465-80-203-49670-110.4324/9780203496701 (CKB)1000000000253789(EBL)182622(OCoLC)475896768(SSID)ssj0000309727(PQKBManifestationID)11233336(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309727(PQKBWorkID)10283113(PQKB)10172867(MiAaPQ)EBC182622(Au-PeEL)EBL182622(CaPaEBR)ebr10100494(CaONFJC)MIL2465(OCoLC)55102164(EXLCZ)99100000000025378920180331d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSocial foundations of markets, money, and credit /ostas LapavitsasLondon ;New York :Routledge,2003.1 online resource (183 p.)Routledge frontiers of political economy ;49Description based upon print version of record.0-203-60162-9 0-415-31805-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Commodities, markets and capital; Social relations underpinning commodity markets; Commodities and gifts; Money and credit; Money's monopoly over the ability to buy; The social content of credit relations; Theoretical approaches to the social relations sustaining markets and money; Social norms and institutions in the capitalist economy; The emergence and functioning of money; Money as unit of account and means of exchange in a socialist society; Notes; Bibliography; IndexWhere does the power of money come from? Why is trust so important in financial operations? How does the swapping of gifts differ from the exchange of commodities? Where does self-interest stop and communal solidarity start in capitalist economies?These issues and many more are discussed in a rigorous, yet readable, manner in Social Foundations of Markets, Money and Credit. It is shown in particular that capitalist economies are permeated with non-economic characteristics.This carefully argued book will prove interesting and valuable to students and researchers not only in ecoRoutledge frontiers of political economy ;49.CapitalismMarxian economicsMoneyCreditEconomicsSociological aspectsElectronic books.Capitalism.Marxian economics.Money.Credit.EconomicsSociological aspects.330.12/2Lapavitsas Costas1961,868077MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451410503321Social foundations of markets, money, and credit1937947UNINA