What is money? / Smithin, John N., editor.

Wildcat currency : how the virtual money revolution is transforming the economy / Castronova

mainstream approach to economics. This edited volume is of great interest to those who study macroeconomics

misunderstood invention in history. Money is never a neutral medium of exchange. Nor is finance just a mechanism

system -- What is money -- Financial Markets -- The meaning of interest rates -- The behavior of interest

't necessarily inherent; while some currency is backed by stored value, others are not. This book walks you

fascinating personalities who are striving to create a new global money for the Internet age.Digital Gold is

multiple lenses of disciplines as varied as biology, psychology, anthropology, and theology. Coined is not

about money, financial institutions, and even government. The currency is anonymous and can be traded

Ricardo’s theory is examined in a new light and Ricardo as a non-quantity theorist. The two chapters in

/ Robert E. Lucas Jr -- Panel Discussion: Is Science Replacing Art? / Monetary Policy: A Journey from

has to answer economic theory' s core question: what is the loss that has to be compensated by

value, of money. From bartering, early forms of currency, credit cards, and digital payment, here is a

understanding through a thorough analysis of their monetary aspects. Money is the key element and its role is

for currency and its components is analyzed on a multinational level for 15 countries.

Economy: Wicksell -- Interest and Investment -- An International Economy -- What is Bad about Inflation

economists to fall into the same delusion! That they do, on occasion, influence events is not to be denied

financial crises in the future. This is a book for those -- students (both graduate and undergraduate) and

doctrines, however, since its aim is at the same time less ambitious and more precise, that is defining the

Bitcoin is not another payment processor. Like the Internet, Bitcoin is a technology that runs