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Bringing Money to the Market: The Ambiguity in Polanyi's Third "Fictitious Commodity".
- Source :
- Journal of Economic Issues (Taylor & Francis Ltd); Dec2023, Vol. 57 Issue 4, p1209-1228, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The contribution examines Karl Polanyi's analysis of the fictitiousness of the commodity description of money, and its suitability as a reference for the analysis of the commodification of money within contemporary markets for credit and finance. Any critique of the commodification of money that draws on Polanyi's influential argument should distinguish between two fundamentally different meanings of the occurrence of money as a commodity: the institutional system that makes some commodity money versus the commercial practice that turns money into a commodity. Only a particular strand of Polanyi's analysis provides a point of reference for a comprehensive critique of the commodification of money, rather than the monetization of some type of commodity. Departing from the aspects of Polanyi's analysis that are specific to the political economy of the gold standard, the article draws on Polanyi's material account of the essential contributions of public organization and social convention in the constitution of money. On these grounds, the commodification of money is potentially objectionable as the social disembedding of a common public institution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MONEY market
BOND market
AMBIGUITY
SOCIAL structure
COMMODIFICATION
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00213624
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Economic Issues (Taylor & Francis Ltd)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174235564
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2023.2273143