{"product_id":"2940152918786","title":"Funny Money: Adapting to a Down Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter my first family broke up I went to the University of British Columbia and did a degree in economics because I was intrigued by the way in which money is created and because I wanted to understand the dynamics of how we exchange goods and services.\u003cbr\u003eI concluded economics is mostly about relationships and we should evaluate economic policies by how they contribute to good relationships.\u003cbr\u003eWe have two major economic problems with which we should be dealing.  The first is that while we have lots of energy and mineral resources left on this planet, we have used up the most easily accessible. Those that are left require an excessive amount of energy to extract.  The second major problem is that our so-called \"market\" economy is largely based on legislation which restricts competition and thus allows some people an unequal share of the agricultural surplus.\u003cbr\u003eTo deal with these problems we need to focus our economy on a policy of sharing in the same way that families and people in small-scale societies share  their food.  We also need a universal guaranteed income scheme AND a new way of creating money.  This would be a tremendous transfer of decision-making power from governments and bankers to individuals.\u003cbr\u003eThis book is for people disillusioned with both capitalism and socialism. The author has studied economics, history and anthropology to understand how people exchange goods and services. The result is a book which points out the weaknesses of both capitalism and socialism and a number of areas in which what we do is not what we preach. It tries to pick out what is good and needs to be saved. This book identifies some serious problems with the fractional reserve way of creating money and proposes an alternative. While this book is based on economic principles a lot of the conclusions will probably be rejected by many economists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book you will learn:\u003cbr\u003ewhy the economic principles of marginal cost and the elasticity of the demand curve say it should be priced at 99 cents.\u003cbr\u003ewhy relationships are an important part of economics.\u003cbr\u003ewhat it takes to make a good relationship.\u003cbr\u003ethat our civilization is based upon a huge agricultural surplus which should be considered an inheritance to be shared equally by everyone.\u003cbr\u003ehow the financial and the physical aspects of the economy interact.\u003cbr\u003ehow money is created out of thin air and the problems this creates for our well being.\u003cbr\u003ehow we can finance a guaranteed annual income scheme.\u003cbr\u003ehow to become a part of the ten percent,\u003cbr\u003ehow not to become a slave.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Powell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181534986480,"sku":"2940152918786","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152918786_p0.jpg?v=1764026315","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152918786","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}