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All aspects of money, the question of its circulation, the problems of supply and demand, its uses, its abuses, and other desirable and undesirable effects, are subjects of considerable controversy at present and give rise to contradictions which aggravate the uncertainty and the doubt that assail those whose task it is to make choices and take decisions.
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© 1980 Jacques Riboud
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Riboud, J. (1980). What is money?. In: The Mechanics of Money. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05112-0_2
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