ABSTRACT

Transcending Transaction examines recent attempts to show how, in theory and history, market transaction can emerge from the unregulated interaction of competitive traders. Alan Shipman examines the legal, informational, organisational, social and financial foundations of market trade, focusing on the possible routes by which it could arise without

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

A world they never made

chapter 1|31 pages

Getting markets started

Transactions, trade and trust

chapter 2|22 pages

Legal foundations

Contract rules and property rights

chapter 3|28 pages

Epistemological foundations

Information and knowledge

chapter 4|35 pages

Ontological foundations

Technology and culture

chapter 5|28 pages

Organisational foundations

Companies and capitals

chapter 6|27 pages

Corporate foundations

Markets versus managerialism

chapter 7|27 pages

Financial foundations

Credit, insurance and money