This paper argues, contrary to the standard interpretation, that money in Marx's theory is tied neither to bullion nor to any commodity basis. It is rather the sole social form of value autonomous from use-value. This is demonstrated by reference to Marx's account of the social functions of...

Economic orthodoxy has but a minimal interest in methodology. Heterodoxy is suspicious of dialectics. As exemplified recently in a book by John Rosenthal, even Marxism likes to eschew the notion of any more than a residual Hegelian influence in Marx and Marxist discourse. Bouncing off...