{"product_id":"9781783717187","title":"Debt or Democracy: Public Money for Sustainability and Social Justice","description":"This is a challenge to conventional thinking around money and the 'debt crisis'. By re-evaluating the source of money, Mary Mellor presents a radical alternative to austerity and privatisation: public wealth, or, money used for sustainability, sufficiency and social justice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDebt or Democracy debunks the received lessons of the financial crisis of 2007. Political elites shout about a house whose finances are in disarray; a 'yawning deficit' created by reckless spending in a bloated public sector. The answer to this 'debt crisis' has been harsh austerity measures - but this is a dangerously deceptive discourse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTurning against the prevalent narrative, with its language of 'debt' and 'deficit', Mellor takes on the familiar question - 'where does money come from?'. The real solution is a return to the notion of public wealth and the public economy; of a monetary system owned by, and operated in the interests of, the majority.","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137035813104,"sku":"9781783717187","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783717187_p0.jpg?v=1763726472","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783717187","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}