Money: 5,000 Years of Debt and Power

by Michel Aglietta

Book Overview

The major French economist offers a new theory of money

As the financial crisis reached its climax in September 2008, the most important figure on the planet was Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. The whole financial system was collapsing, with little to stop it. When a senator asked Bernanke what would happen if the central bank did not carry out its rescue package, he replied, "If we don't do this, we may not have an economy on Monday."

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786634414
• ISBN13: 9781786634412
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.5"