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Money: Ontology and Deception

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Money is a status function. This article works out the implications and consequences of that fact. There are ten functions and features of money and a number of common mistakes and deceptions in the institution of money. The most important of deceptions is the illusion that money, in order to function, must be ‘backed by’ something.

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  • John R Searle, 2017. "Money: Ontology and Deception," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 41(5), pages 1453-1470.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cambje:v:41:y:2017:i:5:p:1453-1470.
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    1. Ann E. Davis, 2018. "The New Triffin Dilemma," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 50(4), pages 691-698, December.
    2. Phil Faulkner & Stephen Pratten & Jochen Runde, 2017. "Cambridge Social Ontology: Clarification, Development and Deployment," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 41(5), pages 1265-1277.
    3. Ehret, Michael & Olaniyan, Rotimi, 2023. "Banking the unbanked. Constitutive rules and the institutionalization of mobile payment systems in Nigeria," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).

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    Ontology; Money; Status function;
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