{"product_id":"the-currency-of-politics-9780691191072","title":"The Currency of Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Winner of the Best First Book Prize, Foundations of Political Theory section of the American Political Science Association\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A fresh and splendidly clear guide to the intellectual history of monetary policy. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Currency of Politics\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable guide to why — and how to think about what comes next.\"\u003cb\u003e---Felix Martin, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Eich’s extraordinary book provides an essential guide to thinking about the politics of money.\" * Adam Tooze *\u003cbr\u003e\"Eich offers a rich treatment of each historical episode. But the chapters on the two Englishmen, Locke and Keynes, stand out. . . . pathbreaking.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jonathan Levy, \u003ci\u003eProject Syndicate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Eich’s book is ultimately a call to revive democratic debate about money…this excellent book…does not tell us what to do, but he does show us something can be done.\"\u003cb\u003e---Geoff Mann, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A pathbreaking new intellectual history of monetary policy. In examining how key thinkers approached the economic crises of their respective times, Eich offers a map for navigating the politics of money today.\"\u003cb\u003e---Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Eich’s work is sure to be a landmark in political science. His argument is bold and ambitious; his writing clear and engaging; and his message timely, persuasive and imperative.\"\u003cb\u003e---Erik Jones, \u003ci\u003eSurvival\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A deep ex­amination of the theoretical and political foundations of money that rescues the money discus­sion from economists.\"\u003cb\u003e---Pratap Bhanu Mehta, \u003ci\u003eOpen Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An intellectual history of money that theoretically grounds the works of others working on democratizing money. \u003ci\u003eThe Currency of Politics\u003c\/i\u003e is a great addition to the philosophy of money.\"\u003cb\u003e---Valerie Schreur, \u003ci\u003eOeconomia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A very good book. . . . Eich takes us on a fascinating journey.\"\u003cb\u003e---Paul Sagar, \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Exquisitely written.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jorge González-Gallarza, \u003ci\u003eThe Critic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Eich’s contribution demarcates a new space for political thought on money, and brings together key theorists on the structuration of money both to show that political thought often has a direct effect on the type of monetary system that is maintained, and to show that democratic agency vis-a-vis money is often wilfully ignored.\"\u003cb\u003e---Dominic Burbidge, \u003ci\u003ePolitics and Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe Currency of Politics\u003c\/i\u003e] fits well into the growing critical debate on neoliberal policies that have dominated the economic discussion in the latest decades. . . . [and] helps us to understand that monetary policy must be the prerogative of a healthy and fruitful public and thus political debate.\"\u003cb\u003e---Giampaolo Conte, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of European Economic History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865542308183,"sku":"9780691191072","price":34.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691191072.jpg?v=1722274473","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-currency-of-politics-9780691191072","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}