The Limits of Money

出版者:Eburon Publishers, Delft

作者:Simon Goudsmit

页数:404

出版时间:2005-05-15

价格:USD 45.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9789059720428

The Limits of Money examines money as a historical phenomenon and speculates on its future possibilities and limitations. The volume opens with a concise history of monetary systems and then examines how the advent of numbers transformed money into the main determinant of fiscal value. Simon Goudsmit concludes by looking at the tension between the power of financial incentives and the civic structures and behaviors needed to maintain Western democracy.

The Limits of Money is an intriguing and much-needed study of the role of money in daily life and human societies.