Money as an institution of capitalism: some notes on a monetary theory of uncertainty

Dillard notes that to consider money as an institution of capitalism means to emphasize that money is an essential element in explaining fluctuations in income and employment. He states that Keynes's liquidity preference theory offers a sound explanation of money as an institution of capitalism. Keynes's explanation is based on a necessary condition, independent of money: the presence of uncertainty. The objective of the paper is to elaborate a different explanation of the role of money, based on Keynes 1933 and 1937-39 works, acconrding to which the presence of money consititutes the necessary condition to justify the importance of uncertainty.