02490nam 2200517 450 991079783910332120230120042902.01-78371-718-11-78371-717-3(CKB)3710000000513642(EBL)4396435(Au-PeEL)EBL4396435(CaPaEBR)ebr11155516(CaONFJC)MIL987527(OCoLC)932015671(MiAaPQ)EBC4396435(MiAaPQ)EBC5390660(EXLCZ)99371000000051364220170503d2016 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDebt or democracy public money for sustainability and social justice /Mary MellorLondon :Pluto Press,2016.1 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7453-3554-3 0-7453-3555-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- The privatisation of money and the politics of austerity -- Money for sustainability, sufficiency and social justice -- Provisioning through public money -- Misunderstanding public money : four myths and a confusion -- Janus-faced : the central bank -- Understanding public money -- Public money : beyond the borders -- Conclusion : crisis and change."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.Debts, PublicGreat BritainFinance, PublicGreat BritainDebts, PublicFinance, Public336.41Mellor Mary879034MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797839103321Debt or democracy3774348UNINA