Money Talks

Explaining How Money Really Works

Nina Bandelj, Frederick F. Wherry, Viviana A. Zelizer

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Princeton University Press
18 August 2020

Sociology; Economics; Monetary economics

The world of money is being transformed as households and organizations face changing economies, and new currencies and payment systems like Bitcoin and Apple Pay gain ground. What is money, and how do we make sense of it? Money Talks is the first book to offer a wide range of alternative and unexpected explanations of how social relations, emotions, moral concerns, and institutions shape how we create, mark, and use money. This collection brings together a stellar group of international experts from multiple disciplines-sociology, economics, history, law, anthropology, political science, and philosophy-to propose fresh explanations for money's origins, uses, effects, and future.

Money Talks explores five key questions: How do social relationships, emotions, and morals shape how people account for and use their money? How do corporations infuse social meaning into their financing and investment practices? What are the historical, political, and social foundations of currencies? When does money become contested, and are there things money shouldn't buy? What is the impact of the new twenty-first-century currencies on our social relations?

At a time of growing concern over financial inequality, Money Talks overturns conventional views about money by revealing its profound social potential.

Edited by: Nina Bandelj, Frederick F. Wherry, Viviana A. Zelizer
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780691202891
ISBN 10: 0691202893
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 18 August 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nina Bandelj is professor of sociology and equity advisor to the dean of social sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Frederick F. Wherry is professor of sociology and codirector of the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale University. Viviana A. Zelizer is the Lloyd Cotsen '50 Professor of Sociology atPrinceton University.

Reviews for Money Talks: Explaining How Money Really Works

To anyone interested in money's sociality past, present, and future and its ability to shape and be shaped by groups, collectives, organizations, and institutions this book is integral to the ongoing debate. ---Allister Pilar Plater, American Journal of Cultural Sociology Money Talks is a remarkable edited volume that is much needed. ---Cheris Shun-ching Chan, American Journal of Sociology Although Money Talks will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the state of scholarship in the sociology of money, the diverse and wide-ranging contributions should make individual chapters valuable to audiences well beyond the confines of this subfield. ---Russell J. Funk, Administrative Science Quarterly The book's central message--that the management and regulation of money should not be left to economists or bankers alone--is one we should all take to heart. ---Rebecca Spang, Financial Times