Beschreibung:
Bill Maurer is Dean of the School of Social Sciences; Professor of Anthropology, Law and Criminology, Law and Society; and the Director of the Institute for Money, Technology, and Financial Inclusion at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Pious Property: Islamic Mortgages in the United States and Mutual Life, Limited: Islamic Banking, Alternative Currencies, Lateral Reason.
Bill Maurer is Dean of the School of Social Sciences; Professor of Anthropology, Law and Criminology, Law and Society; and the Director of the Institute for Money, Technology, and Financial Inclusion at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Pious Property: Islamic Mortgages in the United States and Mutual Life, Limited: Islamic Banking, Alternative Currencies, Lateral Reason.
Acknowledgments vii Introduction. Who This Book Is For 1 1. Disruptions in Money 17 2. What Is Money? 37 3. Two Scenarios: A Day in the Money Life 51 4. The Evolution of Money 63 5. Use Cases for Money 79 6. What's in Your Wallet? 95 7. What Can You Do with a Mobile Phone? 107 8. Airtime 119 9. Monetary Repertoires 129 For Further Reading 145 Index 153