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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
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Part I. Introduction
- Introduction. Money in a Human Economy 1
- Chapter 1. Capitalism and Our Moment in the History of Money 15
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Part II. Thinking About Money
- Chapter 2. Money is Good to Think: From “Wants of the Mind” to Conversation, Stories, and Accounts 41
- Chapter 3. The Shadow of Aristotle: A History of Ideas about the Origins of Money 61
- Chapter 4. Luxury and the Sexual Economy of Capitalism 81
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Part III. The Evolution of Money Today
- Chapter 5. The Future of Money is Shaped by the Family Practices of the Global South 101
- Chapter 6. Remittance Securitization in the Hemisphere of the Américas: From Wall Street to Calle Principal and Back 128
- Chapter 7. Cross-Border Investment in China 147
- Chapter 8. Value Transfer and Rent: Or, I Didn’t Realize My Payment Was Your Annuity 167
- Chapter 9. Bitcoin as Politics 189
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Part IV. Money in Its Time and Place
- Chapter 10. A South Asian Mercantile Model of Exchange: Hundi during British Rule 207
- Chapter 11. Money and Markets For and Against the People: The Rise and Fall of Basotho’s Economic Independence, 1830s–1930s 229
- Chapter 12. Gender and Money in the Argentinian Trueque 250
- Chapter 13. An Imaginary Currency: The Haitian Dollar 270
- Index 291
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
-
Part I. Introduction
- Introduction. Money in a Human Economy 1
- Chapter 1. Capitalism and Our Moment in the History of Money 15
-
Part II. Thinking About Money
- Chapter 2. Money is Good to Think: From “Wants of the Mind” to Conversation, Stories, and Accounts 41
- Chapter 3. The Shadow of Aristotle: A History of Ideas about the Origins of Money 61
- Chapter 4. Luxury and the Sexual Economy of Capitalism 81
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Part III. The Evolution of Money Today
- Chapter 5. The Future of Money is Shaped by the Family Practices of the Global South 101
- Chapter 6. Remittance Securitization in the Hemisphere of the Américas: From Wall Street to Calle Principal and Back 128
- Chapter 7. Cross-Border Investment in China 147
- Chapter 8. Value Transfer and Rent: Or, I Didn’t Realize My Payment Was Your Annuity 167
- Chapter 9. Bitcoin as Politics 189
-
Part IV. Money in Its Time and Place
- Chapter 10. A South Asian Mercantile Model of Exchange: Hundi during British Rule 207
- Chapter 11. Money and Markets For and Against the People: The Rise and Fall of Basotho’s Economic Independence, 1830s–1930s 229
- Chapter 12. Gender and Money in the Argentinian Trueque 250
- Chapter 13. An Imaginary Currency: The Haitian Dollar 270
- Index 291