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Where has all the money gone? Materiality, mobility, and nothingness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2023

Angus Cameron
Angus Cameron*
Affiliation:
University of Leicester, UK
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Corresponding author: Angus Cameron, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK. Email: awgc1@leicester.ac.uk
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This article argues that the problematic nature of money's ‘location’ is important to opening up its more fundamental ontology. Using examples from recent financial crises, I explore the (temporary) historical relationship between money and the nation state, the changing nature of money, and the paradoxes these produce in a world convinced that money is real and material. I conclude that whilst we cannot resolve these ingrained paradoxes, we should at the very least take account of them as we try to explain the vagaries of our money economies.

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Moneyterritoryextraterritorialityfinancialisationmobilityontology

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Finance and Society , Volume 1 , Issue 1: Hard cash , 2015 , pp. 7 - 19
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