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Policy PressISBN
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Policy Press
Money
In the media
On our blog: 'PODCAST: Mary Mellor on the myths about money'
'Neoliberalism has tricked us into believing a fairytale about where money comes from' in The Conversation
'Our conception of money is based in fairytale - this has led us to austerity' in the Independent
What does money mean? Where does it come from and how does it work?
In this highly topical book, Mary Mellor, an expert on money, examines money’s social, political and commercial histories to debunk longstanding myths such as money being in short supply and needing to come from somewhere.
Arguing that money’s immense social value means that its creation and circulation should be a matter of democratic choice, she sets out a new finance system, based on green and feminist concerns, to bring radical change for social good.
Mary Mellor is Emeritus Professor at the University of Northumbria. She has published extensively on gender and the environment, social, green and feminist economics and the democratisation of money as a public resource.
Introduction: Unlocking the Mysteries of Money;
A Fairy Tale about Money – Myths and their Consequences;
Old Magic – Money before States and Markets;
The King was in His Counting House – Money and the State;
Conjuring Money out of Thin Air - Money and Banking;
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Magic Money out of Control;
Ditching the Sorcerer – Money without the State;
Breaking the Spell – Money for the People.
