NDLI: Mark Coeckelbergh: Money machines: electronic financial technologies, distancing, and responsibility in global finance

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Reijers, Wessel
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	This book review critically analyzes Mark Coecelbergh’s newest work: “Money Machines”. In his book, Coeckelbergh discusses the epistemic, social and moral distances that are created by modern financial technologies. It consists of a historical analysis of financial technologies from cowrie shells to digital money, a theoretical analysis of the distancing effects of financial technologies which revolves around the theories of Simmel and McLuhan and a discussion of the empirical instances of modern money machines within the framework of distancing. Two problems and one missed opportunity of the book are discussed in this review: the underdeveloped nature of the theory of distancing which leaves the reader with multiple open questions, the absence of established theories of money and the sometimes uncritical comparison of different theories applied to analyse financial technologies. Nevertheless, the book convincingly manages to open up a novel branch of research in the field philosophy and ethics of technology. Its highly original discussion of financial technologies and embracement of Simmel as a philosopher of technology provide for interesting prospects for future work.
Starting Page	231
Ending Page	235
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13881957
Journal	Ethics and Information Technology
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15728439
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2015-10-07
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Money machines Ethics of finance Computer ethics Distancing Philosophy of technology Management of Computing and Information Systems Innovation/Technology Management Ethics User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction Library Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Book Review
Subject	Library and Information Sciences Computer Science Applications

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