TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pettifor,Ann
TI  - The production of money: how to break the power of bankers 
SN  - 9781786631343 (hardback)
AV  - HG 220.2 P511p 2017
U1  - 332.401 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - London
PB  - Verso
KW  - Money
KW  - Banks and banking
KW  - Finance
KW  - Social change
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy
KW  - Negocios y Economía
KW  - Economia General
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Credit power --
The creation of money --
The 'price' of money --
The mess we're in --
Class interests and the moulding of schools of economic thought --
Should society strip banks of the power to create money? --
Subordinating finance, restoring democracy --
Yes, we can afford what we can do
N2  - "What is money, where does it come from, and who controls it?  In this accessible, brilliantly argued book, leading political economist Ann Pettifor explains in straightforward terms history's most misunderstood invention: the money system. Pettifor argues that democracies can, and indeed must, reclaim control over money production and restrain the out-of-control finance sector so that it serves the interests of society, as well as the needs of the ecosystem.  The Production of Money examines and assesses popular alternative debates on, and innovations in, money, such as "green QE" and "helicopter money." She sets out the possibility of linking the money in our pockets (or on our smartphones) to the improvements we want to see in the world around us"--
ER  -