RMF invites discussion papers that may be in political economy, heterodox economics, and
economic sociology. We welcome theoretical and empirical analysis without preference for …

The current crisis is an outcome of the financialisation of contemporary capitalism. It arose in
the USA because of the enormous expansion of mortgage lending, including to the poorest …

Three important features of the US economy during the neoliberal era since the mid-1970s
have been:(a) growing financialization,(b) increasing household debt, and (c) stagnant real …

Mainstream neoclassical economics tells us that money is essentially a commodity, has no
other social meanings or consequences, and (therefore) exists only as a medium of …

There is perhaps no area of economic policy that is more important in people's daily lives
than monetary policy and the regulation of financial markets. Policies pursued by …

Money is a mysterious thing. One good result of the recent financial crisis is that it has forced
us all to look harder at the realm of money and finance, and to catch up with events that had …

This authoritative new collection comprises a selection of the most important readings
reflecting the wide diversity in the conceptualization of the nature of money in the social …

Financial Crisis and the Nature of Capitalist Money Page 2 Financial Crises and the Nature
of Capitalist Money Page 3 Financial Crises and the Nature of Capitalist Money Mutual …

There has been a considerable revival of academic interest in questions about the
fundamental nature of money and its role in modern capitalist economies during the past …

This, then, is my main contention with the book: Nooteboom makes too much rhetorical use
of conceptual opposites, and gives short shrift to what is the core of socioeconomics: the …