Money, Meaning, and Morality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3756099 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce G Carruthers (0000-0002-2703-3107, Northwestern University), Wendy Nelson Espeland (Northwestern University) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1384-1408 |
| Publication date | 1998-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764298041010003 |
| OpenAlex | W1968223506 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 50 |
| References cited | 67 |
Modern money creates, transforms, transports, and possesses meaning by virtue of how it is used. This article devises a framework for the systematic study of monetary meaning. In particular, monetary meanings depend on the flow of money (both its proximate source and future direction) and on who promulgates or issues it. Meanings also derive from how money's use and flow are restricted and on monetary media. Monetarization quantifies social activities and introduces new equivalences and comparisons. The factors shaping meaning also underpin important types of monetary variation (homogeneous vs. differentiated money; anonymous vs. personal; material vs. immaterial
Economics · Epistemology · Homogeneous · Meaning (existential) · Morality · Positive economics · Sociology · Virtue · Economic Theory and Institutions · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
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| Citations per year | 1,79 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2026 (29) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 45 |