LEADER 03190nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910778466703321 005 20230607222910.0 010 $a1-84964-110-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000802689 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933409 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000425661 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11264022 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425661 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10372531 035 $a(PQKB)11520777 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386477 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386477 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10480089 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL987815 035 $a(OCoLC)654106252 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000802689 100 $a20030728d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe politics of money$b[electronic resource] $etowards sustainability and economic democracy /$fFrances Hutchinson, Mary Mellor and Wendy Olsen 210 $aLondon ;$aSterling, Va. $cPluto$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7453-1720-0 311 $a0-7453-1721-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 230-241) and index. 330 $bOn 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. 606 $aMonetary policy 606 $aCapitalism 606 $aMoney 615 0$aMonetary policy. 615 0$aCapitalism. 615 0$aMoney. 676 $a332.46 700 $aHutchinson$b Frances$f1941-$0265710 701 $aMellor$b Mary$0879034 701 $aOlsen$b Wendy Kay$01097764 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778466703321 996 $aThe politics of money$93798584 997 $aUNINA