This book provides a contemporary assessment of Marx's theory of money. This theory is often praised as one of Marx's greatest achievements, especially when compared with either classical or neoclassical economics. On the other hand, Marx's theory of money has also been severely criticized, especially that it seems to require that money be a produced commodity. The contributors to the volume provide a wide-ranging and in-depth appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses of Marx's theory of money, compared to other theories of money.

CHRIS ARTHUR University of Sussex, UK RICCARDO BELLOFIORE University of Bergamo, Italy MARTHA CAMPBELL State University of New York - Potsdam, USA SUZANNE DE BRUNHOFF Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France DUNCAN FOLEY New School University, USA CLAUS GERMER University of Parana, Brazil MAKOTO ITOH Kokugakuin University, Japan COSTAS LAPAVITSAS University of London, UK PICHIT LIKITKIJSOMBOON Thammasat University, Thailand PATRICK MURRAY Creighton University, USA ANITRA NELSON RMIT University, Australia GEERT REUTEN University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands TONY SMITH Iowa State University, USA