Money as a computational machine

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4495263
AutoresInigo Wilkins (Koning Willem I College, autor de correspondencia), Bogdan Dragos
Año2022
Volumen8
Número2
Páginas110-128
Fecha de publicación2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFinance and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2059-5999 • E-ISSN: 2059-5999
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2218/finsoc.7762
OpenAlexW4321512044
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas43

This article presents a speculative philosophical account of money as a computational machine. It does so by leveraging a computational and machinic framework, drawing primarily from the work of Philip Mirowski and Jean Cartelier. The argument is focused on a specific level of abstraction, i.e., the monetary operations involved in the creation and transfer of units of account, asking whether it is possible to view these operations as computations that mediate economic relations. As the primary function of such a machine would be one of social coordination, the article also highlights the political consequences of its implementation across society

Abstraction · Algorithm · Computation · Economics · Epistemology · Mathematical economics · Political science · Politics · Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis · Computer Science · Economic theories and models · Economic Theory and Policy · Engineering · Law · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence