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<p>Tony Lawson, the leading figure of the Cambridge Social Ontology Group, recently published a series of papers devoted to the question of the nature of money. These contributions have to be understood in the context of his broader approach to social ontology, the so called social positioning theory. While at first glance Lawson’s monetary ideas might appear disconnected and sometimes even contradictory or mistaken, there is a consistent vision behind them which is Lawson general social ontology. Lawson’s elaboration of the nature of money is not the only one compatible with the social positioning theory and an alternative one is briefly proposed in the paper. While systematising various Lawson’s monetary contributions, attention has been paid to several particular discrepancies and mistakes and their rectification. At the end of the paper, some lessons from analysing Lawson’s monetary contributions are drawn for his general approach to social ontology.</p>
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Tony Lawson, the leading figure of the Cambridge Social Ontology Group, recently published a series of papers devoted to the question of the nature of money. These contributions have to be understood in the context of his broader approach to social ontology, the so called social positioning theory. While at first glance Lawson’s monetary ideas might appear disconnected and sometimes even contradictory or mistaken, there is a consistent vision behind them which is Lawson general social ontology. Lawson’s elaboration of the nature of money is not the only one compatible with the social positioning theory and an alternative one is briefly proposed in the paper. While systematising various Lawson’s monetary contributions, attention has been paid to several particular discrepancies and mistakes and their rectification. At the end of the paper, some lessons from analysing Lawson’s monetary contributions are drawn for his general approach to social ontology.

Tony Lawson on money

Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration

Review of Economic Perspectives

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Tony Lawson, the leading figure of the Cambridge Social Ontology Group, recently published a series of papers devoted to the question of the nature of money....

Tony Lawson on money

Publié en ligne: 22 déc. 2023

Pages: 293 - 306

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/revecp-2023-0012

Mots clés
Cambridge Social Ontology Group, claim approach to money, credit theory of money, nature of money, social accounting system approach to money, social ontology, social positioning theory, Tony Lawson

© 2023 Josef Menšík, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Tony Lawson on money

Publié en ligne: 22 déc. 2023

Pages: 293 - 306

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/revecp-2023-0012

Mots clésCambridge Social Ontology Group, claim approach to money, credit theory of money, nature of money, social accounting system approach to money, social ontology, social positioning theory, Tony Lawson

© 2023 Josef Menšík, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Cambridge Social Ontology Group, claim approach to money, credit theory of money, nature of money, social accounting system approach to money, social ontology, social positioning theory, Tony Lawson