Moral Economies of Money – Politics and the Monetary Constitution of Society

Moral Economies of MoneyPolitics and the Monetary Constitution of Society\nAuthor(s): Jakob Feinig\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9781503629172, 978-1503629172\nSynopsis\nFor much of American history, large numbers of people claimed that money was a public good and asserted the right to shape money creation practices. If popular knowledge about money creation was once widely shared, how and why did it disappear?\n\n In this astute new work, Jakob Feinig shows how the relation between money users and money-issuing governments changed from British colonial North America to today's United States, discussing how popular movements reshaped money-creating institutions, and how their opponents attempted to silence them. He also reveals how monetary and political history unfolds in the tension between \""moral economies of money\"" and \""monetary silencing.\"" Offering an introduction to money creation practic.