Money as a Driver of Development of the modern world
Money as a Driver of Development of the modern world
Author(s): Divna PlavšićSubject(s): Economic policy, Military policy, Economic development, Book-Review, Fiscal Politics / Budgeting, Globalization
Published by: Naučno udruženje Sociološki diskurs
Keywords: money; power; military power; taxation; public debt; economic policy; global power; globalization and democratization;
Summary/Abstract: Book review: Niall Ferguson, Th e Power of Money, Belgrade: Official Gazette, 2012 This article seeks to highlight the connection between economics and politics through the role of money, which left traces and in earlier historical periods. It indicates to its various forms, but mainly on the same outcome and goal. Primarily it is started from the role and power of money in financing the wars, then the increasing tendency for better results and destructive power, and to the role of money in politics and the relationship between military and financial power. Money was created out of necessity, it has facilitated trade, but at the same time complicated relationships. Money is power, it is one of the ways to manifest the power of the global world. It can be said that the power of money is necessary the explanation of the modern world.
Journal: Sociološki diskurs
- Issue Year: 4/2014
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 69-79
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
