Paper Promises Debt, Money, and the New World Order

Name: Paper Promises Debt, Money, and the New World Order
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ISBN: 9781610391269

ISBN-10: 1610391268

ISBN-13: 9781610391269

Edition: 2012

Authors: Philip Coggan

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For the past forty years western economies have splurged on debt. Now, as the reality dawns that many debts cannot be repaid, we find ourselves again in crisis. But the oncoming defaults have a time-worn place in our economic history. As with crises in the thirties and seventies, governments will fall, currencies will lose their value, and new systems will emerge. Just as Britain set the terms of the international system in the nineteenth century, and America in the twentieth century, a new system will be set by today’s creditors in China and the Middle East. In the process, rich will be pitted against poor, young against old, public sector workers against taxpayers, and one country against…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 2/7/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



The Nature of Money



Ignoring Polonius



Going for Gold



Money and the Depression



Dancing with the Dollar



Paper Promises



Blowing Bubbles



Riding the Gravy Train



The Crisis Begins



Not So Risk-free



Bequeathing Our Debts



Paying the Bill



A New Order


Notes


Bibliography


Index