Research topic: History and function of money
Research questions: What is money? Where does money come from? How did it get into society and how was it established? How does money get its value and who defines this value? Does money have a social function?
Research Methodology: The orthodox, or “mainstream” economic theory about the history and function of money will be compared with historical research (numismatic research), with sociology and with philosophy and furthermore each discipline gets in relation to each other. The seminar participants inform themselves and discuss the most important milestones as well as the cultural transformation of money. The anthropological constants of the exchange and value systems are compared with the cultural perception in the different epochs.
Start: Fri. 14 Oct. 2016 from 6 pm to 8 pm
Duration: 6 months
Structure: 48 hours group work and c.a. 100 hours of individual research
Registration:
Place: (Varna Insititute for Peace Research: Varna 9000, Hristo Botev 3)
Email: josefmuehlbauer@gmx.at
Research Director: Josef Muehlbauer
Literature:
Niall Ferguson (2008) – The Ascent of Money
John Kenneth Galbraith (1982) – Geld: Woher kommt es und wohin geht es?
Jocelyn Pixley (2013) – Financial Crises and the Nature of Capitalist Money
Wilhelm Gerloff (1943) – Die Entstehung des Geldes und die Anfänge des Geldwesens
Anderson B (1970) – Money and credit in the eighteenth century
Michael North (2009) – Kleine Geschichte des Geldes
Michael North – Historisches Lexikon des Geldes
Dieter Schnaas (2010) – Kleine Kulturgeschichte des Geldes, München
Esther Leitgeb (2014) – Regionalwährungen in Österreich
Kennedy, M.; Lietar (2004) – Regionalwährungen
Strozinsky, L (2010) – Regionale Geldsysteme
Flury D (2009) – Komplementäre Währungssysteme
Karl Walker (2009) – Geld in der Geschichte
Wolfram Weimer (1992) – Geschichte des Geldes
Eberhard Hamer – Der Welt-Geldbetrug
Franz Hörman – Schuldgeldsystem
Robert W. McChesney, John Nichols – Dollarocracy
Yanis Varoufakis – The Nature of Money
Henry Werner: Geschichte des Geldes, Palm Verlag Berlin
Jacques Attali (2010) – The Economic History of the Jewish People
Sighard Neckel (2010) – Refeudalisierung der Ökonomie
Peter Jay (2006) – Das Streben nach Wohlstand, Patmos
Christoph Mensching (2012) – Das Verbot der Staatsfinanzierung durch die Notenbank
William F. Hixson (2005) – Triumpf of the Bankers
John Brewer (1989) – The Sinews of Power, War and Money
Robin R. Mundill (2010) – The Kings Jews: Money, Massacre and Exodus in Medieval England
David Gräber (2012) – Schulden: Die ersten 5000 Jahre
Recommendations:
C.M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins, London 1976.
W.E. Metcalf, The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage, Oxford 2012 (insbes. die Beiträge von J.H. Kroll; P.G. van Alfen; K. Sheedy; S. Psoma).
Niklot Klüßendorf: Münzkunde – Basiswissen (Hahnsche Historische Hilfswissenschaften 5), Hannover 2009, bzw. Niklot Klüßendorf: Numismatik und Geldgeschichte: Basiswissen für Mittelalter und Neuzeit, Peine 2015.
Analytical report / First International Congress for the Study of and the Defence against Coin Forgery : Paris, 1965
Klawans, Z.H., Imitations and Inventions of Roman Coins. Renaissance Medals of Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire, Monterey 1977
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