The Social Meaning of Money: Pin Money, Paychecks, Poor Relief, and Other Currencies

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The Social Meaning of Money: Pin Money, Paychecks, Poor Relief, and Other CurrenciesA dollar is a dollar or so most of us believe. Indeed, it is part of the ideology of our time that money is a single, impersonal instrument that impoverishes social life by reducing relations to cold, hard cash. After all, it's just money. Or is it? Distinguished social scientist and prize winning author Viviana Zelizer argues against this conventional wisdom. She shows how people have invented their own forms of currency, earmarking money in ways

Joseph Schumpeter

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since these theories no longer deeply disagree

fashion and attitude

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Critique images included in workbook chapters to reinforce image evaluation skills and create a more seamless learning experience

But Max knows none of it

the good and the bad

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It's 1845 and Caroline lives in the bustling frontier town of Brookfield