Debt Or Democracy: Public Money for Sustainability and Social Justice

Debt Or Democracy: Public Money for Sustainability and Social Justice
ISBN-10
0745335543
ISBN-13
9780745335544
Category
Business & Economics
Language
English
Published
2016
Publisher
Pluto Press (UK)
Author
Mary Mellor

Description

"Debt or Democracy explodes the myths behind modern money. It challenges the neoliberal obsession with public debt and deficit, arguing that a much more serious problem is the privatised creation of money through bank debt that leads to boom and bust. Far from being a burden on the taxpayer, Mary Mellor argues that public money and public expenditure is necessary for economic well-being. Arguing that money is a public resource that should be under democratic control, Debt or Democracy directly challenges conventional economic thinking and presents a radical alternative for socially just and ecologically sustainable provisioning."--Publisher's Web site.

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