The Constitution and Nature of Money

A critique of Lawson’s ‘Social positioning and the nature of money’

Tony Lawson

Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2018, vol. 42, issue 3, 851-873

Abstract: I take the opportunity to elaborate and clarify the positioning theory of money in response to the critique of it provided by Geoffrey Ingham.

Keywords: Money; Value; Credit/debt; Social ontology; Social positioning; Means of payment; Purchasing power; Legal tender; Liquidity; Rights; Obligations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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