THE POLITICS OF MONEY: Towards Sustainability and Economic Democracy - Softcover

Hutchinson, Frances

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745317200 ISBN 13: 9780745317205

Verlag: Pluto Press, 2002

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On the whole, classical and radical economists have marginalised the role of money, most particularly the role of credit, in driving the machinery of accumulation and exclusion. Although critiques of capitalism from Marxist, feminist, ecological and many other perspectives abound, The Politics of Money is unique in gathering the strengths of these differing critiques into a coherent whole. The authors have drawn upon their varied expertise in economics and the social sciences to produce the foundations of a new political economy that will enable communities to reconstruct their socio-economic fabric through social and political control of money systems.

The book opens with a review of the role of money in current society, an overview of the history of money creation and a critique of the main theoretical developments in economic thought. Alternative perspectives on money are then presented through a review of a number of radical perspectives but focusing mainly on the work of Marx, Veblen and the social credit perspective of Douglas and the guild socialists. In the final part of the book contemporary monetary theories and experiments are analysed within the theoretical and historical perspectives provided in the earlier chapters. The main argument of the book is that it is necessary to understand the crucial role of finance in driving the 'free market' economy if a democratic and sustainable economy is to be achieved.

Biografía del autor:

Frances Hutchinson is a research fellow at the University of Bradford with a lifelong interest in ecology, economy and society. She has published three books so far, including The Political Economy of Social Credit and Guild Socialism (1997).

Mary Mellor is Emeritus Professor at Northumbria University, where she was founding Chair of the University's Sustainable Cities Research Institute. She has published extensively on alternative economics integrating socialist, feminist and green perspectives. Her books include The Future of Money: From Financial Crisis to Public Resource (Pluto, 2002).

Wendy Kay Olsen is a lecturer in Planning and Development at the University of Bradford.

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• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0745317200
• ISBN 13: 9780745317205
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256