LEADER 02747nam a2200325 i 4500001 99125289657406421 005 20230510150217.0 006 m o d 007 cr ||||||||||| 008 230510s2006 enk o 000 0 eng d 035 (CKB)5470000000566455 035 (NjHacI)995470000000566455 035 (EXLCZ)995470000000566455 040 NjHacI |beng |erda |cNjHacl 050 4 HG221 |b.F393 2006 082 04 332.4 |223 100 1 Fayazmanesh, Sasan, |eauthor. 245 10 Money and Exchange : |bFolktales and Reality / |cSasan Fayazmanesh. 264 1 Abingdon, Oxon ;New York : |bTaylor & Francis, |c2006. 300 1 online resource (192 pages). 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 490 1 Routledge studies in the history of economics 588 Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. 520 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 market, this volume considers whether we can look to the medieval economy as the point of departure. Drawing upon the work of Aristotle, scholastic economists, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, William Stanley Jevons, Léon Walras and many modern monetary theorists, this intriguing book provides a critical analysis of some basic theories of monetary analysis. Concentrating primarily on certain fundamental building blocks it covers: the theory and mathematical properties of barter and monetary relations the distinction between barter and monetary relations and money and non-money commodities the concept of exchange as an equation, and the notion of the exchange relation as a relation of equality. This groundbreaking study dispels some of the old myths and conjectures concerning money and exchange and opens up the way for the development of new approaches, both realistic and evolutionary, of interest to researchers and students of the history of monetary theory and economic thought. 505 0 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. 650 0 Money. 650 0 Exchange. 776 |z1-134-42314-4 830 0 Routledge studies in the history of economics. 906 BOOK