{"product_id":"against-money-j-w-mason-9780226842530","title":"Against Money","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful deconstruction of humanity's most influential invention, from the acclaimed economists J. W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoney is everywhere in our daily lives. It lurks in the swipe of a card at the grocery store, in looming student-loan debts, in the prices of things we want, and in our subconscious navigation of the modern world. Money is an invisible convenience that saves us, as a society, the hassle of bartering for goods and services--a reflection, in our pockets and on our phones, of the hard facts of scarcity and desire. Or is it something more? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this revelatory book, economists J. W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev explain how and why money is so deeply misunderstood by the world it dominates--as well as the dangerous social implications of this misunderstanding. \u003ci\u003eAgainst Money\u003c\/i\u003e tackles the most dearly held \"truths\" of economics, arguing that the world of money has \u003ci\u003enever\u003c\/i\u003e been an impartial representation of the world of things. Instead, its existence in different forms--debt, capital, liquidity, and interest--increasingly shapes events in the real world rather than just reflecting them. Sometimes money enables new forms of cooperation; more oftenit facilitates domination. Human existence is not just facilitated by money but also governed by it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the tradition of works by Thomas Piketty and David Graeber, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Money\u003c\/i\u003e is an erudite, disruptive exposé of the illusions and tyrannies of money. Mason and Jayadev present a radically different way of thinking about money--imagining a hopeful future in which it no longer dictates the possibilities of our collective existence.","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50045205053633,"sku":"9780226842530","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/5512\/0833\/files\/9780226842530.jpg?v=1773248054","url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/against-money-j-w-mason-9780226842530","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}