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Carl Menger and the evolution of payments systems : from barter to electronic money / edited by Michael Latzer (University of Zurich, Switzerland) and Stefan W. Schmitz (Economist, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna, Austria)
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002Description: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 191 pages)ISBN:- 9781800373235
- 332.4 21
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Summary: This book is unique in providing the first full English translation of Menger's seminal article Geld - one of the most influential papers on the origin of money. The editors aim to facilitate a broader and more detailed discussion of Menger's method, theory and findings with this translation and in depth analysis. Menger's institutional approach is applied and extended to the analysis of the evolution of payments systems, focusing in particular on electronic money, on its institutional character, and on monetary policy as well as predictions of likely future developments. Carl Menger and the Evolution of Payments Systems will be of great interest to financial economists and Austrian economists as well as historians of economic thoughtPPN: PPN: 1922106828Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE | ZDB-77-EEC | ZDB-77-ECE | ZDB-1-EWE-ebook
Contents: Introduction -- Part I. Carl menger's article 'money': From barter to money -- 1. Carl menger's article 'money' in the history of economic thought -- 2. Money -- Part II. Perspectives on the evolution of electronic money -- 3. Carl menger's 'money' and the current neoclassical models of money -- 4. Mengerian perspectives on the future of money -- 5. The institutional character of electronic money schemes: Redeemability and the unit of account -- Index.
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