Understanding Money: the History of Finance, Speculation and the Stock Market

What you need before starting this Understanding Money: the History of Finance, Speculation and the Stock Market course:

• Explain the ways in which critical, cultural and literary history and theory contributes to our understanding of three central economic concepts – money, credit, markets.
• Evaluate the differences between a number of central critical traditions and theoretical approaches (eg the history of money as credit versus the history of money as a commodity).
• Describe the origins and the purpose of the contemporary financial market and the ways in which it functions.
• Identify and discuss the ways in which a range of literary and visual texts offer us a critical insight into these histories and give them a social and political relevance.
• Critically reflect on the ways in which the visual appearance of money signals it as a source of authority and locates it within a specific place and time.

This course is perfect for:

• Motivated learners at any level
• Self-paced students
• Anyone interested in the subject