Money in a Human Economy (The Human Economy, 5)

A human economy puts people first in emergent world society. Money is a human universal and now takes the divisive form of capitalism. This book addresses how to think about money (from Aristotle to the daily news and the sexual economy of luxury goods); its contemporary evolution (banking the unbanked and remittances in the South, cross-border investment in China, the payments industry and the politics of bitcoin); and cases from 19th century India and Southern Africa to contemporary Haiti and Argentina. Money is one idea with diverse forms. As national monopoly currencies give way to regional and global federalism, money is a key to achieving economic democracy. Alongside Existent Debates Between State And Market Theories Of Money, This Volume Explores People's Struggles And Potential To Make Money To Suit Themselves, Spanning Local Case Studies And Emergent World Economies To Construct A Framework Of The 'human Economy'. Contributors To This Volume Attempt To Think About Money As A Category Of Thought, Offer Theories On Luxury And Sex In Capitalist Development, And Follow The Evolution Of Money Today From The Role Of The Global South In Shaping Its Future, To Cross-border Investment In China, To Bitcoin As Politics. Money In A Human Economy Offers Multiple Perspectives On Capital's Central Role In The Formation Of World Society, As Well As In The Shaping Of Its Current Discontents. Introduction -- Capitalism And Our Moment In The History Of Money / Keith Hart -- Thinking About Money -- Money Is Good To Think : From Wants Of The Mind To Conversation, Stories And Accounts / Jane Guyer -- The Shadow Of Aristotle : A History Of Ideas About The Origins Of Money / Joseph Noko -- Luxury And The Sexual Economy Of Capitalism / Noam Yuran -- The Evolution Of Money Today -- The Future Of Money Is Shaped By The Family Practices Of The Global South / Supriya Singh -- Remittance Securitization In The Hemisphere Of The Americas : From Wall Street To Calle Principal And Back / David Pedersen -- Cross-border Investment In China / Horacio Ortiz -- Value Transfer And Rent : Or, I Didn't Realize My Payment Was Your Annuity / Bill Maurer -- The Politics Of Bitcoin / Nigel Dodd -- Money In Its Time And Place -- A South Asian Mercantile Model Of Exchange : Hundi During British Rule / Marina Martin -- Money And Markets For And Against The People : The Rise And Fall Of Basotho's Economic Independence, 1830s-1930s / Sean Maliehe -- Gender And Money In The Argentinian Trueque / Hadrien Saiag -- Imaginary Monies In Haiti / Federico Neibourg -- Index. Edited By Keith Hart. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents Part I. Introduction Introduction. Money in a Human Economy Chapter 1. Capitalism and Our Moment in the History of Money Part II. Thinking About Money Chapter 2. Money is Good to Think: From “Wants of the Mind” to Conversation, Stories, and Accounts Chapter 3. The Shadow of Aristotle: A History of Ideas about the Origins of Money Chapter 4. Luxury and the Sexual Economy of Capitalism Part III. The Evolution of Money Today Chapter 5. The Future of Money is Shaped by the Family Practices of the Global South Chapter 6. Remittance Securitization in the Hemisphere of the Américas: From Wall Street to Calle Principal and Back Chapter 7. Cross-Border Investment in China Chapter 8. Value Transfer and Rent: Or, I Didn’t Realize My Payment Was Your Annuity Chapter 9. Bitcoin as Politics Part IV. Money in Its Time and Place Chapter 10. A South Asian Mercantile Model of Exchange: Hundi during British Rule Chapter 11. Money and Markets For and Against the People: The Rise and Fall of Basotho’s Economic Independence, 1830s–1930s Chapter 12. Gender and Money in the Argentinian Trueque Chapter 13. An Imaginary Currency: The Haitian Dollar Index