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Discussion — Reading 5: John Hicks

Perry Mehrling's Money and Banking MOOC

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July 20, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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This session covers Reading 5: Three chapters from A Market Theory of Money by John Hicks (1989)

In these three chapters, Hicks starts with the idea that the primary function of money is to serve as a "standard of value" for the market. From there, he argues that the institution of banking as market making naturally emerges from the need for a smoothly operating payment system. He also ties the function money to the "real" side of the economy—the market for goods and services—which Mehrling tends not to emphasize.

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See also Perry Mehrling's 2017 intellectual biography of John Hicks.

The Monetary Education of John Hicks

Hicks Reading Discussion Thread

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Alex Howlett

Jim Bramlett

alison touhey

Chris Rimmer

Jay Pocklington

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