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AbstractThis 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.

The authors explore the stories, myths, ideologies and rhetoric surrounding concrete processes of globalization and seek to explain the parochial interests that give rise to them and the extent to which they impact globalization rather than simply describe it

The authors explore the stories, myths, ideologies and rhetoric surrounding concrete processes of globalization and seek to explain the parochial interests that give rise to them and the extent to which they impact globalization rather than simply describe it.

May 6th 2010, 2.45pm. The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by nearly 1000 points, trillions of dollars were 'wiped' from the value of major US stocks and, for a few long minutes, the global economy was on the brink of a new catastrophe. Then 'it' all came back. It remains unclear what, exactly, caused the 'Flash Crash'. More worryingly, it has always been unclear what, exactly, was 'lost' and 'regained' in those apocalyptic moments. This is as much a philosophical, anthropological, and aesthetic concern as it is also an economic or financial one – trillions of what, exactly?

"Globalization and the Global Political Economy" published on by Oxford University Press.