What if Money Grew on Trees? : Asking the Big Questions about Economics

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyle, David.

Contributor:

Goodwin, Neva.

Series:

What If...

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Ilex Press/ Ivy Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Consider a world where gold is worthless, everybody earns the same amount, banks do not exist and international trade is banned. Would our lives be better if all work was fun, debt was wiped out and anybody could live wherever they wanted? What would happen if we banned adverts, stopped shopping and rationed carbon? All these ideas and more are analysed and debated in this timely new book.Consider a world where gold is worthless, everybody earns the same amount, banks do not exist and international trade is banned. Would our lives be better if all work was fun, debt was wiped out and anybod

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; contents; Foreword; Introduction; Money; What if we were all rich?; What if money grew on trees?; What if we wiped the slate clean?; What if money obeyed the laws of thermodynamics?; What if there were no such thing as money?; Historical: What if we just keep printing banknotes?; What if gold were worth peanuts?; What if we started a world currency?; Work; What if work were fun?; What if the working week were three days long?; What if jobs came first?; What if teachers were paid more than investment bankers?; What if we were paid what we are worth?

What if we all earned the same?What if we retired at 30?; Historical: What if the government gives everyone enough money to live on?; What if nobody wanted to work anymore?; What if you needed a PhD to stack shelves?; People; What if 'irrational economic woman' replaced 'rational economic man'?; What if there were such a thing as society?; What if we found a cure for cancer?; Historical: What if we abolish slavery?; What if Marx was right?; What if we paid people for housework?; What if we let anybody live anywhere?; Markets; What if the economy stopped growing?

What if there were no interest?What if women were in charge of finance?; What if we only imported things we couldn't make or grow ourselves?; What if houses cost the same as 30 years ago?; Historical: What if tulips are priceless?; What if one country defied the markets?; What if we stopped buying stuff?; What if the bulls and bears were locked up?; Green; What if the world stopped flying?; What if we all had to pay for the damage we do to the planet?; Historical: What if charging interest is made illegal?; What if every village had its own currency?

What if we could only buy fairtrade bananas?What if there were enough food for everyone?; What if well-being was the main purpose of economics?; What if we all had our own carbon ration?; What if we left the oil and coal in the ground?; Finance; What if car production grew as fast as financial trading?; What if money needed a passport to cross borders?; What if there were no banks?; Historical: What if all money is based on gold?; What if the banks crashed again?; What if we really thought ahead?; Business; What if we banned adverts?; What if there were no insurance?

What if foreign trade was banned?What if we broke up all the big companies?; What if everyone stopped shopping on the high street?; Historical: What if we fine countries when they misbehave?; What if we relied on the private sector to enforce contracts?; What if we stopped inventing things?; Resources; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Copyright

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ISBN:

9781782401179

1782401172

OCLC:

870599695