Money Talks
Explaining How Money Really Works
Will be published approx. on 25. April 2017
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-691-16868-5 (ISBN)
Description
The world of money is being transformed as households and organizations face changing economies, and new currencies and payment systems like Bitcoin and Apple Pay gain ground. What is money, and how do we make sense of it? Money Talks is the first book to offer a wide range of alternative and unexpected explanations of how social relations, emotions, moral concerns, and institutions shape how we create, mark, and use money. This collection brings together a stellar group of international experts from multiple disciplines--sociology, economics, history, law, anthropology, political science, and philosophy--to propose fresh explanations for money's origins, uses, effects, and future. Money Talks explores five key questions: How do social relationships, emotions, and morals shape how people account for and use their money? How do corporations infuse social meaning into their financing and investment practices? What are the historical, political, and social foundations of currencies? When does money become contested, and are there things money shouldn't buy? What is the impact of the new twenty-first-century currencies on our social relations?
At a time of growing concern over financial inequality, Money Talks overturns conventional views about money by revealing its profound social potential.
At a time of growing concern over financial inequality, Money Talks overturns conventional views about money by revealing its profound social potential.
Reviews / Votes
"The book's central message--that the management and regulation of money should not be left to economists or bankers alone--is one we should all take to heart."---Rebecca Spang, Financial Times "Although Money Talks will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the state of scholarship in the sociology of money, the diverse and wide-ranging contributions should make individual chapters valuable to audiences well beyond the confines of this subfield."---Russell J. Funk, Administrative Science Quarterly "To anyone interested in money's sociality past, present, and future and its ability to shape and be shaped by groups, collectives, organizations, and institutions this book is integral to the ongoing debate."---Allister Pilar Plater, American Journal of Cultural Sociology "Money Talks is a remarkable edited volume that is much needed."---Cheris Shun-ching Chan, American Journal of SociologyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
2 halftones. 1 line illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-16868-5 (9780691168685)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Nina Bandelj | Frederick F. Wherry | Viviana A. Zelizer
Money Talks
Explaining How Money Really Works
E-Book
04/2017
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
€34.49
Available for download
Persons
Nina Bandelj is professor of sociology and equity advisor to the dean of social sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Frederick F. Wherry is professor of sociology and codirector of the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale University. Viviana A. Zelizer is the Lloyd Cotsen '50 Professor of Sociology at Princeton University.
Content
Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction Advancing Money Talks 1 Nina Bandelj, Frederick F. Wherry, and Viviana A. Zelizer PART I BEYOND FUNGIBILITY 1 Economics and the Social Meaning of Money 25 Jonathan Morduch 2 Morals and Emotions of Money 39 Nina Bandelj, Tyler Boston, Julia Elyachar, Julie Kim, Michael McBride, Zaibu Tufail, and James Owen Weatherall 3 How Relational Accounting Matters 57 Frederick F. Wherry PART II BEYOND SPECIAL MONIES 4 The Social Meaning of Credit, Value, and Finance 73 Bruce G. Carruthers 5 From Industrial Money to Generalized Capitalization 89 Simone Polillo PART III CREATING MONEY 6 The Constitutional Approach to Money: Monetary Design and the Production of the Modern World 109 Christine Desan 7 The Market Mirage 131 David Singh Grewal 8 The Macro-Social Meaning of Money: From Territorial Currencies to Global Money 145 Eric Helleiner PART IV CONTESTED MONEY 9 Money and Emotion: Win-Win Bargains, Win-Lose Contexts, and the Emotional Labor of Commercial Surrogates 161 Arlie Hochschild 10 Paid to Donate: Egg Donors, Sperm Donors, and Gendered Experiences of Bodily Commodification 171 Rene Almeling 11 Money and Family Relationships: The Biography of Transnational Money 184 Supriya Singh PART V MONEY FUTURES 12 Money Talks, Plastic Money Tattles: The New Sociability of Money 201 Alya Guseva and Akos Rona-Tas 13 Blockchains Are a Diamond's Best Friend: Zelizer for the Bitcoin Moment 215 Bill Maurer 14 Utopian Monies: Complementary Currencies, Bitcoin, and the Social Life of Money 230 Nigel Dodd Selected References on the Social Scientific Study of Money 249 Contributor Biographies 255 Index 261