What does money mean? Where does it come from and how does it work?
In this highly topical book, Mary Mellor, an expert on money, examines money’s social, political and commercial histories to debunk longstanding myths such as money being in short supply and needing to come from somewhere.
Arguing that money’s immense social value means that its creation and circulation should be a matter of democratic choice, she sets out a new finance system, based on green and feminist co...
Cuprins
Introduction: Unlocking the Mysteries of Money;
A Fairy Tale about Money – Myths and their Consequences;
Old Magic – Money before States and Markets;
The King was in...
Despre autor
Mary Mellor is Emeritus Professor at the University of Northumbria. She has published extensively on gender and the environment, social, green and feminist economics an...