Geoffrey Ingham is a British sociologist, political economist, and author of books on capitalism and money.

Career

Ingham was born in 1942, and read

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...

at the

University of Leicester , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_labe ...

, graduating in 1964. He attended

Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

as a postgraduate student, where he was awarded a

Ph.D A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common Academic degree, degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields ...

degree in 1968. After teaching at

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

and Leicester Universities, he became a Fellow of

Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ...

in 1972. He was Reader in Sociology and Political Economy at Cambridge, and remains Emeritus Reader and a Fellow of Christ's.

Works

* ''Money. What is Political Economy'' (2020) * ''Capitalism'' (2008) * ''Money: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Economics, Sociology and Political Science'' (2005) * ''The Nature of Money'' (2004) * ''Capitalism Divided? The City and Industry in British Social Development'' (1984)

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* Living people British sociologists 1942 births Alumni of the University of Cambridge Alumni of the University of Leicester Academics of the University of Sussex Academics of the University of Leicester Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge Political economists {{UK-sociologist-stub