{"product_id":"the-masters-tools-how-finance-wrecked-democracy-and-a-radical-plan-to-rebuild-it-9781788730662","title":"The Master's Tools: How Finance Wrecked Democracy (and a Radical Plan to Rebuild It)","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinance serves the rich and powerful. We need to democratize it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy is democracy so broken and how might it be fixed? In \u003ci\u003eThe Master's Tools\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author Michael A. McCarthy argues the answer can be found in the flows of credit and investment bound up with finance capital. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday, finance guides and constrains our politics, but there is no reason why this must be so. In this groundbreaking work, McCarthy develops a political and social theory of institutional transformation rooted in the interconnectedness of finance and democracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by ancient Athens, where small groups chosen by lottery were used to ensure democratic participation, he shows how democracy and working-class power can be strengthened by introducing new forms of financial governance, focusing on the inclusion of historically excluded groups. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis proposals for democratic financial institutions point the way to imbuing finance with a socio-environmental purpose and the funding of a just green transition, social housing, and other necessary public goods. And these financial institutions might be the first step toward a whole new kind of economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788730662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Michael McCarthy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44792523423925,"sku":"9781788730662","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d4236a5e-2c12-4c5c-8ee9-9ccacbdd9cb3.jpg?v=1731426479","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-masters-tools-how-finance-wrecked-democracy-and-a-radical-plan-to-rebuild-it-9781788730662","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}