Money Unmade
Subtitle: Barter and the Fate of Russian Capitalism
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: May 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780801436604
Subjects: Central government policies; Monetary economics; Political science & theory; Russia (Federation); Financial crises; Contemporary Economic Situations And Conditions; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Political History; Business/Economics; Russia; International - Economics; Money & Monetary Policy; Barter; Economic Conditions; Monetary Policy
Description: In this book on the Russian economy, David Woodruff argues that Moscow's inability to control the nation's currency is not a carryover from the Soviet past. Rather, the Russian government has failed to build the administrative capacity and political support demanded by monetary consolidation - a neglected but crucial aspect of capitalist state building.

Through an overview of monetary consolidation in other nations, Woodruff demonstrates that the struggles of the new Russian state have much to teach us about the political history of money worldwide.