The Role of Money in Economic Theory

Among recent tendencies in economic theory none seems to me more promising than the tendency to make the use of money the central feature of economic analysis. What forms, tacit and explicit, this tendency assumes, and what future work it suggests are my chief themes. But the significance of recent...

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Published in:The American economic review 1916-03, Vol.6 (1), p.140-161
Main Author: Mitchell, Wesley C.
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Behavioral economics
Classical economics
Economic motivation
Economic theory
Economic value
Economic value theories
Economics
Hedonism
Money
Pleasure
Political economy
Studies
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Classical economics
Economic motivation
Economic theory
Economic value
Economic value theories
Economics
Hedonism
Money
Pleasure
Political economy
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