Money and Exchange : : Folktales and Reality / / Sasan Fayazmanesh.

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 mark...

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Superior document:Routledge studies in the history of economics
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Place / Publishing House:Abingdon, Oxon ;, New York : : Taylor & Francis,, 2006.
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:Routledge studies in the history of economics.
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • 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-Walrasiansim, the Matrix of Exchange and Beyond 8. Conclusion. Notes. References. Index.