7 articles in this issue
Samuel Chambers
Money is neither a thing nor a concept. Rather, as many writers have rightly suggested, money is a relation. But what kind of relation? This articles refuses the now seemingly common-sense notion that money is an ‘institution’ or a ‘public good’. Instead,... see more
Felipe González-López
The quest for social status is usually considered one of the main drivers of the demand for consumer credit. This article provides a nuanced take on consumer credit by exploring the interaction between consumption, borrowing, and class identity. To do so ... see more
Ad van Riet
European financial regulation consistently gives governments privileged access to private investors, reflecting the anchor role assigned to sovereign securities as safe and liquid assets for the financial system. Legislative reforms after the financial cr... see more
Stefan Ecks
In Inventing Value, Dave Elder-Vass (2022) argues that value is a set of beliefs about items that are strategically propagated to increase profits. The emphasis on value as a social process is particularly welcome, as this is the most fruitful direction f... see more
Dave Elder-Vass
Ecks is disappointed that Inventing Value (2022) does not develop a comprehensive, essentially ethical, theory of the value of things based in the materiality of human need. But this is not the objective of the book. Instead, the book seeks to examine how... see more
Mindy Peden
A one country case study using a historical-institutional balance sheet approach provides a unique vantage point on financialization. By clarifying conceptual distinctions between assets and liabilities in households and banks and representing historical ... see more
Rosemary Batt
Two new books, Jeffrey Hooke’s The Myth of Private Equity (2021) and Laura Olson’s Ethically Challenged (2022), address the private equity business model as one avenue through which the financialization of our societies is occurring. While based on US dat... see more