The Currency of Politics: The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes

by Stefan Eich

Book Overview

Money in the history of political thought, from ancient Greece to the Great Inflation of the 1970s

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, critical attention has shifted from the economy to the most fundamental feature of all market economies--money. Yet despite the centrality of political struggles over money, it remains difficult to articulate its democratic possibilities and limits. The Currency of Politics takes readers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691235430
• ISBN13: 9780691235431
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"