Die Moderne begann mit Hoffnungen auf eine egalitäre Bürgergesellschaft. Unerkannte Privilegien führten jedoch zur Konzentration von struktureller wirtschaftlicher und politischer Macht. Soziale Ungleichheit, Geschlechterhierarchie, Krisen, koloniale Expansionen, Kriege, Abstürze von...

Silvio Gesell argued that ‘rusting’ money is economically and socially beneficial;that claim has often been contended. In Part II of the paper I concentrate on thelong-run implications of his ideas. I show that introducing money depreciationin isolation may be economically non-beneficial in...

Silvio Gesell hypothesized that money depreciation is economically and sociallybeneficial, ideas that have often been contended. Here I analyze that in a Sidrauskimodel in which households additionally have a ‘love of wealth’-motive. In thefirst part of this work these features provide the...