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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
CONTENTS
WHY PUBLISH THIS BOOK?
INTRODUCTION
METAL MONEY
WHAT IS MONEY?: And where has it come from?
ORIGINS OF MONEY: It's not what we think
GOLD: The barbarous relic
INFLATION: Columbus and original sin
USURY: The great debate
THE WORLD BANK AND THE IMF: International expense accounts
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are shadowy, secretive institutions
BIG CURRENCIES AND THE EURO: Still dreaming of gold
When you standardize money you standardize people, and that's a kind of lie
MONEY INNOVATORS I: Adam Smith and free trade
Research done by the UN has shown that small biodiverse farms can produce thousands of times more food than large, industrial monocultures.
MONEY INNOVATORS II: Keynes and what to do if money stops working
MONEY INFORMATION
PAPER TIGERS: The growth of funny money and the start of banking
CENTRAL BANKS: A precarious situation
DISEMBODIED MONEY: Trading ether
THE STOCK MARKETS: The world's Big Bangs
INSURANCE: The perils of keeping us safe
MONEY FLOWS: What goes around comes around
The sad fact is that most modern investment is more like an umbrella than a funnel
THE GROWTH OF E-CASH: The rise of the electronic blip
OFFSHORE BANKING: Where did all the money go?
OWNERSHIP: The hidden power of money
GLOBALIZATION: Rule by money
MEASURING MONEY
THE FIRST ACCOUNTANTS: Pacioli and book-keeping
THE LAST ACCOUNTANTS: The Curse of Enron
THE LUNACY OF GDP: Why money isn't everything
HAPPINESS: Why money isn't a very good guide
EFFICIENCY: The cult of incompetence
MEASURING WHAT'S IMPORTANT I: Alternative indicators
MEASURING WHAT'S IMPORTANT II: Social auditing
OTHER KINDS OF CAPITAL: Why it isn't just about money
GREEN TAXES: Taxing the bad things
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS: Knowing the price of everything
CORPORATE SUBSIDIES: Welfare for the richest
DEBT MONEY
THE HIDDEN FLAW IN MONEY: The trouble with interest
MORTGAGES: The death grip
DEBT I: Weighing down the world
The trickle of aid money that goes from the rich to the poor is dwarfed by daily interest payments
DEBT II: Weighing down the U.S.
WHERE HAS ALL THE MONEY GONE? The problem with modern money
PENSIONS: One thing after another
Retirement plans have begun to unravel
ANOTHER WAY OF MAKING MONEY!: Creating more cash
ANOTHER WAY OF MAKING MONEY II: Social credit and the rise of the Greenshirts
ANOTHER WAY OF MAKING MONEY III: A new global currency of oil, metal, food...
CITIZENS' INCOME: The right to life
MICRO-CREDIT: Small banking is beautiful
MAD MONEY
CRIMINAL MONEY: The shadow economy
THE CURSE OF OIL: Why nothing is real anymore
GOODBYE REAL WORLD: Money as a commodity
While farmers growing cereal grains near bankruptcy, the cereal makers reap huge profits
ABSTRACTIONS: Toward a post-autistic economics
FORGERY: The scourge of fake money
GREAT CRASHES I: From Tulipmania to the South Seas
GREAT CRASHES II: Wall Street 1929
GREAT CRASHES III: Junk bonds
GREAT CRASHES IV: The dot.com explosion
GREAT CRASHES V: Derivatives
CALMING THE MONEY FLOWS: The Tobin Tax
THE NEW MULTI-BILLIONAIRES: The world of Bill Gates
DIY MONEY
CREATING MONEY: The challenge of doing it yourself
MONEY THAT RUSTS: Irving Fisher and stamp scrip
Roosevelt banned scrip systems, fearing a complete collapse of the American banking system
REAL MONEY: Keeping it constant
MONEY AS VEGETABLES: Printing your own
DIY MONEY I: LETS
Buyers can simply create a debt themselves, denominate it, and pay it off later
DIY MONEY II: Community way
DIY MONEY III: HOURs
DIY MONEY IV: Time banks and time dollars
GREEN MONEY: Currencies that make us sustainnable
DOMESTIC TRADABLE QUOTAS: Money from the greenhouse effect
Domestic tradable quotas are already in use today to reduce carbon emissions
THE RISE AND RISE OF BARTER: Swap shops
THE FUTURE OF MONEY: A multi-currency world
SPIRITUAL MONEY
DOES MONEY EXIST? You can't take it with you, after all
GIVING IT ALL AWAY: The thrill of philanthropy
DOWNSHIFTING: Voluntary simplicity
ETHICAL CONSUMPTION: Vigilantes in the supermarket aisles
ETHICAL INVESTMENT: Money as morality
GREED THERAPY: The basis of the problem
ALCHEMY: The lure of the Philosopher's Stone
CONCLUSION
INTERNET RESOURCES
BIOGRAPHY
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