Bank Robbery : The way we create money, and how it damages the world.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781911193661
- 332.414
- HG226.3 .M675 2020
Intro -- Contents -- Glossary -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE: The Money Supply: How it Came to be Created byBanks -- CHAPTER TWO: Laws That Make Robbery Legal -- CHAPTER THREE: How Money Works Today: A Quick Summary -- CHAPTER FOUR: Early Days -- CHAPTER FIVE: Bubbles and Adam Smith -- CHAPTER SIX: America, Won and Lost -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Secrets, Ignorance and Lies: Money, Credit and Debt -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Negotiable Debt: A Bit of History -- CHAPTER NINE: Reform -- Appendix 1: Sir John Holt's remarks on promissory notes -- Appendix 2: Extract from The Promissory Notes Act, 1704 -- Bibliography -- Index.
A clear and comprehensive examination of our financial system which supports unaccountable and destructive power. It points the way to the simple reforms that are necessary if we wish to create a more just and equitable world.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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