Money in a Human Economy (eBook)

Keith Hart’s approach to the theory and practice of money combines state and market, but with people in mind, while focusing on how the communications revolution is transforming money. He has taught in many universities and now co-directs the Human Economy Program at the University of Pretoria. His books include The Memory Bank (aka Money in an Unequal World), The Hit Man’s Dilemma, The Human Economy: A Citizen’s Guide, Economic Anthropology: History, Ethnography, Critique and Economy For and Against Democracy.

PART I: INTRODUCTION

Introduction: Money in a Human Economy
Keith Hart

Chapter 1. Capitalism and our Moment in the History of Money
Keith Hart

PART II: THINKING ABOUT MONEY

Chapter 2. Money is Good to Think: From “Wants of the Mind” to Conversation, Stories and Accounts
Jane Guyer

Chapter 3. The Shadow of Aristotle: A History of Ideas about the Origins of Money
Joseph Noko

Chapter 4. Luxury and the Sexual Economy of Capitalism
Noam Yuran

PART III: THE EVOLUTION OF MONEY TODAY

Chapter 5. The Future of Money is Shaped by the Family Practices of the Global South
Supriya Singh

Chapter 6. Remittance Securitization in the Hemisphere of the Américas: From Wall Street to Calle Principal and Back
David Pedersen

Chapter 7. Cross-border Investment in China
Horacio Ortiz

Chapter 8. Value Transfer and Rent: Or, I Didn’t Realize My Payment Was Your Annuity
Bill Maurer

Chapter 9. The politics of Bitcoin
Nigel Dodd

PART IV: MONEY IN ITS TIME AND PLACE

Chapter 10. A South Asian Mercantile Model of Exchange: Hundi During British Rule
Marina Martin

Chapter 11. Money and Markets for and Against the People: The Rise and Fall of Basotho’s Economic Independence, 1830s-1930s
Sean Maliehe

Chapter 12. Gender and Money in the Argentinian Trueque
Hadrien Saiag

Chapter 13. An Imaginary Currency: The Haitian Dollar
Federico Neiburg

Bibliography
Index