{"product_id":"debt-or-democracy-public-money-for-sustainability-and-social-justice-9780745335544","title":"Debt or Democracy: Public Money for Sustainability and Social Justice","description":"In the wake of the global financial crisis, most of the discussion has been focused on questions of debt. And the response, almost uniformly, has been austerity and privatization: cuts to services that have been painted as forms of reckless spending by a bloated public sector. In \u003ci\u003eDebt or Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, Mary Mellor turns the whole conversation upside down, showing that the important question is not who owes what, but who controls the creation and circulation of money in the first place. When the problem is examined from that angle, it becomes clear that privatization, far from being the answer to our problem, is the very source of it--the subordination of public finance to private interest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A direct challenge to conventional economic thinking, \u003ci\u003eDebt or Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e offers a bracing new analysis of our economic crisis and offers cogent, radical alternatives to create a more just and sustainable economic future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745335544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mary Mellor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43705052496053,"sku":"9780745335544","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_30840634-5062-45fe-af24-051d57438804.jpg?v=1709653583","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/debt-or-democracy-public-money-for-sustainability-and-social-justice-9780745335544","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}