Money from Nothing 9781612198569, 9781612198576, 2020940412
When the government decides to spend money, it simply creates the necessary funds for itself–as if out of thin air. That
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Table of contents :
Introduction
PART I: MODERN MONEY
Chapter 1. What Money is Based On—viz., “Nothing”
Chapter 2. Spending from Nothing
Chapter 3. Promising from Nothing
Chapter 4. Democracy’s Dollar
PART II: THE MONEY CONTRACT
Chapter 5. A Very (Very) Brief History of Finance—i.e., Civilization
Chapter 6. Why Money Cannot Be Printed
Chapter 7. What We Owe Each Other
PART III: BANKING FROM NOTHING
Chapter 8. When Promises Go Public
Chapter 9. What Banks Do for Us
Chapter 10. How to Cut Out the Middleman
Chapter 11. Keeping Score in the Digital Age (and Beyond)
PART IV: A MORE TRUSTWORTHY FINANCE
Chapter 12. Too Many Promises?
Chapter 13. Too Much Debt?
Chapter 14. Can Promises Be Trusted Again? Asshole-Proof Governance
PART V: A MORE PROMISING ECONOMY
Chapter 15. Four Promises: Income, Work, Wealth, and Leisure
Chapter 16. From Green Money to a Green New Deal
Epilogue: What Republicanism Used to Mean—and What It Must Mean Again
Appendix I: Making Global Finance Safe for Domestic Autonomy
Appendix II: The Plague
Acknowledgments
Notes
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