LEADER 03219nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910816207103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-36880-1 010 $a0-429-23357-4 010 $a1-138-81080-0 010 $a1-280-02465-8 010 $a0-203-49670-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203496701 035 $a(CKB)1000000000253789 035 $a(EBL)182622 035 $a(OCoLC)475896768 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000309727 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11233336 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309727 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10283113 035 $a(PQKB)10172867 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC182622 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL182622 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10100494 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL2465 035 $a(OCoLC)55102164 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000253789 100 $a20030402d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSocial foundations of markets, money and credit /$fCostas Lapavitsas 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (183 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge frontiers of political economy ;$v49 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-203-60162-9 311 $a0-415-31805-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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; Index 330 $aWhere does the power of money come from? Why is trust so important in financial operations? How does the swapping of gifts differ from the exchange of commodities? Where does self-interest stop and communal solidarity start in capitalist economies?These issues and many more are discussed in a rigorous, yet readable, manner in Social Foundations of Markets, Money and Credit. It is shown in particular that capitalist economies are permeated with non-economic characteristics.This carefully argued book will prove interesting and valuable to students and researchers not only in eco 410 0$aRoutledge frontiers of political economy ;$v49. 606 $aCapitalism 606 $aMarxian economics 606 $aMoney 606 $aCredit 606 $aEconomics$xSociological aspects 615 0$aCapitalism. 615 0$aMarxian economics. 615 0$aMoney. 615 0$aCredit. 615 0$aEconomics$xSociological aspects. 676 $a330.12/2 700 $aLapavitsas$b Costas$f1961-$0126361 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816207103321 996 $aSocial foundations of markets, money and credit$94199695 997 $aUNINA