A chartalist critique of John Locke’s theory of property, accumulation, and money: Or, is it moral to trade your nuts for gold?

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-65

  Bell, Stephanie A ^a   Henry, John F ^b   Wray, L Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Chartalism; Debt; Exchange; Locke; Money; Privilege; Property; Spoilage; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842530961     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034676042000183826     Document Type: Article

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