Money and Credit in Capitalist Economies: The Endogenous Money Approach

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E. Elgar, 1990 - Business & Economics - 326 pages
This widely acclaimed book argues that money is not the product of a simple deposit multiplier process. The impressive analysis includes discussions of the origins and nature of money and of the evolution of monetary institutions and theory. Unlike other recent works on 'endogenous money', this book incorporates liquidity preference theory within the analysis by carefully distinguishing money from liquidity and by showing how money, but not liquidity, is created on demand. This naturally leads to a role for liquidity preference in the determination of interest rates. Extensions then link money to financial instability, the expenditure multiplier, credit, saving, investment, development, deficits and growth.

This controversial and provocative book will be essential reading for all economists and researchers concerned with monetary and macroeconomics. It will have particular appeal to post Keynesian economists.

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The Endogenous Approach to Money
1
Money and Institutional Evolution
24
Premodern financial institutions and the rise
30
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L. Randall Wray, Senior Scholar, Levy Economics Institute; Professor of Economics, Bard College, US

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