Ann Pettifor

In 2008 the first Green New Deal was devised by Pettifor and a group of English economist and thinkers but was ignored within the tumults of the financial crash A decade later the ideas was revived within the democratic socialists in the US forefront by Alexandria Ocasio Cortez The Green New Deal demands a radical and urgent reversal of the current state of the global economy including total de carbonisation and a commitment to fairness and social justice Critics on all sides have been quick to observe that the GND is a pipe dream that could never be implemented and would cost the earth But as Ann Pettifor shows we need to rethink the function of money and how it works within the global system How can we bail out the banks but not the planet We have to stop thinking about the imperative of economic growth nothing grows for ever The program will be a long term project but it needs to start immediately

The GND has the potential of becoming one of the largest global campaigns of our times and it started in Ann Pettifor s flat In 2008 the first Green New Deal was devised by Pettifor and a group of English economist and thinkers but was ignored within the tumults of the financial crash A decade later the ideas was revived within the democratic socialists in the US forefront by Alexandria Ocasio Cortez The Green New Deal demands a radical and urgent reversal of the current state of the global economy including total de carbonisation and a commitment to fairness and social justice Critics on all sides have been quick to observe that the GND is a pipe dream that could never be implemented and would cost the earth But as Ann Pettifor shows we need to rethink the function of money and how it works within the global system How can we bail out the banks but not the planet We have to stop thinking about the imperative of economic growth nothing grows for ever The program will be a long term project but it needs to start immediately

¿Qué es el dinero, de dónde viene, quién lo controla?El dinero mueve el mundo, pero no sabemos bien qué es o cómo se crea. De hecho, ignoramos quién maneja su producción o a qué intereses sirve. Ni el dinero es un medio neutral de intercambio ni los bancos son unos simples intermediarios entre los ahorradores y los que piden prestamos.Este libro lucido y militante desvela el misterio explicando de forma clara en que consiste el invento mas inescrutable de la historia: el sistema monetario. Pettifor afirma que las democracias deberian controlar la produccion del dinero y regular de nuevo el sector financiero para subordinarlo a las necesidades de la sociedad. Tambien analiza los mas recientes debates sobre monedas alternativas, valora las innovaciones que se estan produciendo en ese campo y plantea formulas que permitan vincular el dinero de nuestros bolsillos (o de nuestros telefonos moviles) a los cambios que el mundo pide a gritos.

«La producción del dinero» explica cómo se crea y quién controla el dinero, y por qué debemos democratizar las finanzas. Un ensayo claro y combativo de Ann Pettifor que desmonta los mitos del sistema