Thingsmoney
Thingsmoney is a term used to describe the relationship between material objects and monetary value within modern economies. It encompasses how money enables access to goods and services, how pricing structures shape consumption, and how possessions, in turn, influence economic behavior. The term is not a formal theory but a cross-disciplinary concept employed in economics, anthropology, design studies, and cultural analysis to analyze material life in monetary terms.
The phrase blends things and money to foreground materiality in economic life, and it applies to both
Core ideas associated with thingsmoney include value and price, scarcity and abundance, the social life of
Applications range from consumer research and marketing to critical analysis of consumer culture and materiality. Critics
There is no single theory named 'thingsmoney'; rather, it functions as a heuristic for examining how money