1st Edition
Modern Money and the Rise and Fall of Capitalist Finance The Institutionalization of Trusts, Personae and Indebtedness
By Jongchul Kim
Copyright 2023
198 Pages
59 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
198 Pages
59 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
198 Pages
59 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Modern Money and the Rise and Fall of Capitalist Finance examines the true nature of modern money and seeks ideas for an alternative economic system for a just society.
This book suggests that adopting the ideas and institutions of a trust allowed personae to be combined with creditor-debtor relations and, by doing so, led to the evolution of modern money. This also helps explain why... Read more
Introduction
1. Money and Property
2. Person, Property, and Trusts
3. Modern Bank Money and a Trust: Hybridity of Property and Debt
4. Modern Bank Money and Trusts: Indebted Legal Personae, such as Corporations and States,
5. Liquidity as a Trust
6. Modern Money as a Trust
Conclusion
Biography
Jongchul Kim has critically examined the modern concepts of "person" and "property" and applied this critique to an understanding of money and finance. He is currently an associate professor in Sogang University, South Korea.
