Money: from the reification of social relations to money fetishism

Discussions on the definition of money are usually related to a secondary position by both Marxists and non-Marxists. This paper aims to clarify the function of money in a contemporary society by, first, analyzing the realized utopias of money abolition. Then, an analysis of the money in the European society.

KEYWORDS:
Money; supply of money; demand for money; monetary systems