Abstract
Money measures value in market economies. Money's own value is socially constructed since people attribute worth to a medium whose physical characteristics are essentially irrelevant to its monetary role. Money works best when it can be taken for granted and its social construction is hidden. During the greenback era, two monetary alternatives (gold-based money and paper money) were debated, which raised many questions about the nature of monetary value. Using a macrocultural approach, we analyze the rethoric of greenbacker and bullionist writings to study the social construction and deconstruction of a taken-for-granted institution.
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