Marcel Mauss and New Institutional Economics

Henrik Egbert () and Teodor Sedlarski

Ikonomiceski i Sotsialni Alternativi, 2016, issue 4, 121-130

Abstract: This paper puts Marcel Mauss’ ideas in the context of New Institutional Economics. Marcel Mauss, one of the founders of modern French Sociology and Social Anthropology, outlined fundamental ideas on the origin and function of money in the first decades of the 20th century. This paper argues and Mauss’s concept and role of money in a society, is complementary to ana­lytical concepts developed in New Institutional Economic theory. The paper elaborates on two of these complementarities, firstly, the formation and the role of preferences, and, secondly, the role of the institution money for a society.

Keywords: New Institutional Economics; Marcel Mauss; money (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B52 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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