Putting the eco into economics - global crisis and local solutions
Now more than ever we worry about money. We are all implicated, with our mortgages, savings, debts and pensions, in a bizarre system that operates ostensibly in our name. It is complicated, more than a little insane, and it operates in a dream world above people’s ordinary lives. Those who purport to understand the way the money system works are left bemused. The rest of us feel angry but ignorant.
This book will tell you where money comes from, what it means, what it is doing to the planet and what we might be able to do to change this. It will also brief you for the emerging debate about money after the financial crash and it will tell you the truth that politicians and brokers alike prefer not to think about too much – the way they have lost control of a gigantic financial system that could enrich or impoverish us all in seconds
Money Matters could make you look at everything from your bank statements to the coins in your pocket in a whole new way. It could even change your life.
Written by David Boyle
