Social positioning and the nature of money

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 961-996

  Lawson, Tony ^a  

^a Faculty of Economics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commodity; Credit debt; Functions; Money; Obligations; Rights; Social ontology; Social positioning; Social relations; Value

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY; CURRENCY; DEBT; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84991491987     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bew006     Document Type: Article

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