LEADER 02490nam 2200517 450 001 9910808604303321 005 20230120042902.0 010 $a1-78371-718-1 010 $a1-78371-717-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000513642 035 $a(EBL)4396435 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4396435 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11155516 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL987527 035 $a(OCoLC)932015671 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4396435 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5390660 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000513642 100 $a20170503d2016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aDebt or democracy $epublic money for sustainability and social justice /$fMary Mellor 210 1$aLondon :$cPluto Press,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7453-3554-3 311 $a0-7453-3555-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $a"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. 606 $aDebts, Public$zGreat Britain 606 $aFinance, Public$zGreat Britain 615 0$aDebts, Public 615 0$aFinance, Public 676 $a336.41 700 $aMellor$b Mary$0879034 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808604303321 996 $aDebt or democracy$94056485 997 $aUNINA