Democracy and Money: Lessons for Today from Athens in Classical Times

ISBN-13: 9780367509125 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 320 str.

George C. Bitros; Emmanouil M. L. Economou; Nicholas C. Kyriazis

Opis

This book presents a model of democratic governance with privately produced money based on the case of Athens in Classical times, and explains why it may provide an effective way out from the predicament that state managed fiat money holds for the stability of Western-type democracies and the international financial system.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Money-related institutions in classical Athens 3. The system and the tenets of public finance 4. Main currency-related policies 5. Structure and evolution of the economy 6. Money in a market economy without a central bank 7. An assessment of comparative performance 8. Alternatives to established central banking 9. Why look back and how to direct democracy