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What If Money Grew on Trees

What If Money Grew on Trees

Asking the Big Questions About Economics

by David Boyle
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/09/2013

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Asking the big questions about economics. What if...? are the two words that sow the seeds for human speculation, experimentation, invention, evolution, revolution, and change. In an uncertain age, economists are asking, What if growth stopped growing?; scientists, What if light speed were overtaken?; and politicians, What if the third world became the first? What If Money Grew On Trees? challenges a team of scholars to put their minds to 50 speculations on economics, at a time when the banking system seems to be failing and the whole idea of capitalism is up for debate. Consider a world where gold is worthless, nobody makes anything, and the bulls and bears are locked out of the market, and en route accumulate the knowledge to debate the shape that our financial world might take in the future.
ISBN:
9781782400462
9781782400462
Category:
Economic theory & philosophy
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-09-2013
Publisher:
The Ivy Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
160
Dimensions (mm):
216x155mm
Weight:
0.51kg
David Boyle

David Boyle is the author of several books about history, the history of ideas and the future. His Authenticity: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life helped put the search for authenticity on the agenda as a social phenomenon, while Funny Money: In Search of Alternative Cash launched the 'time banks movement' in the UK.

His work on the history and future of money has also been published in many books and pamphlets. He has stood for Parliament and undertaken an independent review for the UK Treasury and Cabinet Office.

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