Modernising Money: Why Our Monetary System is Broken and How it Can be Fixed
Language: English
Published by Positive Money, 2012
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- Title
- Modernising Money: Why Our Monetary System is Broken and How it Can be Fixed
- Author
- Andrew Jackson; Ben Dyson
- Publisher
- Positive Money
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 095744480X
- ISBN 13
- 9780957444805
- Item weight
- 17 ounces
- Dimensions
- 6x0x9
"The essence of the contemporary monetary system is the creation of money, out of nothing, by private banks' often foolish lending."
This way of creating money has led to economic instability and a financial crisis. It has produced the highest-ever levels of personal and government debt, made houses unaffordable, and driven the short-termist behaviour which is destroying the businesses, and ecosystems, on which we depend.
But it doesn't have to be like this: we can change the way that money is created. Modernising Money shows how a UK law implemented in 1844 can be updated and combined with reform proposals from the Great Depression. The combined reforms could provide the UK and any other country - with a stable monetary and banking system, much lower levels of personal and national debt, and a thriving economy.
Detailed, but accessible to non-economists, Modernising Money is written for anybody who wants to know how to create an economy that serves people, businesses, society and the environment.
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About the Author
BEN DYSON is Head of Research at Positive Money. He has spent the last 5 years researching the current monetary system and understanding the impacts it has on the economy and society as a whole.
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