The Ontology and Function of Money: The Philosophical Fundamentals of Monetary Institutions

Tags: Monetary Theory, Money and Banking

04/01/2016 Leonidas Zelmanovitz

Recorded during the Authors Forum at the 2016 Austrian Economics Research Conference, Leonidas Zelmanovitz (Liberty Fund), discusses his recent book, The Ontology and Function of Money: The Philosophical Fundamentals of Monetary Institutions (Lexington Books, 2015). Includes an introduction by Mark Thornton.

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