Money Talks: Explaining How Money Really Works

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The world of money is being transformed as households and organizations face changing economies, and new currencies and payment systems like Bitcoin and Apple Pay gain ground. What is money, and how do we make sense of it Money Talks is the first book to offer a wide range of alternative and unexpected explanations of how social relations, emotion

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"The book's central message--that the management and regulation of money should not be left to economists or bankers alone--is one we should all take to heart."---Rebecca Spang, Financial Times
"Although Money Talks will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the state of scholarship in the sociology of money, the diverse and wide-ranging contributions should make individual chapters valuable to audiences well beyond the confines of this subfield."---Russell J. Funk, Administrative Science Quarterly
"To anyone interested in moneys sociality past, present, and future and its ability to shape and be shaped by groups, collectives, organizations, and institutions this book is integral to the ongoing debate."---Allister Pilar Plater, American Journal of Cultural Sociology
"Money Talks is a remarkable edited volume that is much needed."---Cheris Shun-ching Chan, American Journal of Sociology

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Nina Bandelj is professor of sociology and equity advisor to the dean of social sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Frederick F. Wherry is professor of sociology and codirector of the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale University. Viviana A. Zelizer is the Lloyd Cotsen '50 Professor of Sociology atPrinceton University.