《THE POWER OF MONEY A POLITICAL-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYS》求取 ⇩

PART ONE HISTORICAL OVERVIEW1

1. The Evolving Political Economy of Money3

Antiquity to Middle Ages4

The Dawn of the Nation-State, the Industrial Revolution, and the Rise ofCapitalism (1500-1900)11

2. The American Experience: The Formative Years27

Money and the Revolution28

The Threat to Democracy Becomes Imminent: the National Dimension40

PART TWO. MONEY AND POLITICS IN THOUGHT AND THEORY49

3. The Economists: From Aristotle to Marx51

The Problem with Theory51

From Antiquity to the Middle Ages56

Classical Economic Theory59

Karl Marx, Money, and Political Democracy70

4. The Economists: From Walras to Friedman79

The Early Modern Period79

The Modern Era89

Lesser-Known Theoreticians97

5. The Non-Economists105

Political Thought and Theory106

Sociology117

Law122

Religious Philosophy and the Church124

Psychology129

History133

PART THREE. MONEY AND DEMOCRACY:POLITICAL PURPOSES AND METHODS157

6. Monetary Policy146

Monetary Policy: Instrument of Class or Special Interest146

Monetary Policy: Changing or Maintaining the Political Order154

7. Money, Politics, and Public Office164

Political Monies Derived from the Public Fund166

Political Funds Drawn from Private Sources173

Banking, Politics, and Public Office180

8. Corruption, Conflict of Interest, and Reform186

The Problem With Corruption187

Reform: Many Proposals, Few Results200

PART FOUR. MONEY AND DEMOCRACY: POLITICAL EFFECTS207

9. The Individual211

Monetarization and Individual Bebavior211

The Split Political Personality216

Depersonalization216

Loyalty218

Equality219

Calibrating the Individual's Worth223

Alienation and Alternatives to Democratic Bebavior224

10. The Socio-Political System: National Dimension228

Area of Consonance229

Area of Fluidity and Change230

Area of Dissonance241

Coalition248

11. The Expanding Monetary Universe252

The Old Order Passes On252

The Expanding Universe and Political Democracy257

Specific Effects on Democratic Society265

12. The Democratic Legal System272

The Basic Law273

Division of Power275

Separation of Powers278

Rule Of, By and For the People281

13. The Political Processes290

Discovering and Articulating the "Public Interest"291

Converting the "Public Interest" into Policy295

The Political Party's Interest Conversion Function296

The Electoral Process301

"Political Behavior"309

The Legislative Process312

The Policy-Making Process317

Public Administration or Policy Implementation321

EPILOGUE327

Adapting the Social Sciences to the Centrality of Money329

Rethinking the Theory of Political Democracy335

Adapting Democratic Practice to the Centrality of Money: a Suggested Agenda for Debate338

Appendix346

Notes347

Bibliography395

Index409