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Making Money: Coin, Currency, and the Coming of Capitalism
In this revisionist history of the development of the modern monetary system, Desan argues that money effectively creates economic activity rather than emerging from it. Her account demonstrates that money's design has been a project central to governance and formative to markets.
| Author(s) | By Christine Desan (Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard Law School). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 460 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 16 Jul 2015 |
| Availability | Available |
In this revisionist history of the development of the modern monetary system, Desan argues that money effectively creates economic activity rather than emerging from it. Her account demonstrates that money's design has been a project central to governance and formative to markets.
Introduction ; 1. Creation Stories ; 2. From Metal to Money: Producing the "Just Penny" ; 3. Commodity Money as an Extreme Sport: Flows, Famines, Debasements, and Imitation Pennies ; 4. The High Politics of Money: Strong Coin, Heavy Taxes, and the Engl
Christine A. Desan is the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. She teaches about the international monetary system, the constitutional law of money, constitutional history, political economy, and legal theory. She is the co-founder of Harv
