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Money and Calculation: Economic and Sociological Perspectives

By Massimo Amato , Luigi Doria , Luca Fantacci

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2010
ISBN
0230277772, 9780230277779
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2043548 bytes)
Series
Bocconi on Management
Pages
231\231
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Money is an important instrument of calculation: as a unit of account and means of payment, it serves the purpose of exchange. Yet, it is increasingly becoming itself an object of exchange and calculation on financial markets, which tend less to the production and exchange of real goods. The question therefore is: has the economy lost its measure?

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