{"product_id":"economics-anthropology-and-the-origin-of-money-as-a-bargaining-counter-hardback","title":"Economics, Anthropology and the Origin of Money as a Bargaining Counter - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor many decades economists have disputed with economic anthropologists over the origins of money. Economists claim that money emerged from barter exchange; anthropologists claim that it originated as a ‘unit of account’ in the temples and palaces of ancient Mesopotamia. This book argues that money originated as a bargaining counter in a system of money-bargaining, emerging almost seamlessly from barter-bargaining. This is not the ‘money’ of mainstream economic conception – a ‘veil’ cast over a system of resource allocation defined in mathematical terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfidence in the bargaining counter is sustained through ‘support-bargaining,’ a process in which individuals seek the support of their associates but seek at the same time to advance their own interests. A comprehensive ‘Introduction to Support-Bargaining and Money-Bargaining’ is provided by the work. The arrival of coin-money is recognised by many as a crucial event in the history of mankind, and it is argued here that the distinctive character of support-bargaining in ancient Greek city states\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emade possible the introduction of coin-money. The dependence of coin-money on a particular form of support-bargaining also suggests the reason why coin-money was not introduced much earlier, given that the technology for producing coins was available long before their adoption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of great interest to researchers in the history and origins of money, banking and economic theory more broadly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45566189207790,"sku":"9781032322278","price":210.4,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/economics-anthropology-and-the-origin-of-money-as-a-bargaining-counter-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}