"BRILLIANT!! Tally-ho!"James K. Galbraith, The University of Texas at Austin"This short illustrated book contains more wisdom on money than all the textbooks in the world."Steve Keen, author of The New Economics: A Manifesto"Economics can be intimidating, but this book provides an excellent introduction for high school students."Rose Rodriguez, retired teacher, Modesto School District
IntroductionChapter 1. Money: An IntroductionChapter 2. Money: An Origins StoryChapter 3. Money: The Story of RedemptionChapter 4. Currency: The Government's MoneyChapter 5. Can Government Run Out of Currency?Chapter 6. Anyone Can Create Money?Chapter 7. Private Bank MoneyChapter 8. The Central Bank's Money: Lender of Last ResortChapter 9. Central Bank Money: Government FinanceChapter 10. Government's Debt is Our AssetChapter 11. Money as ScorekeepingChapter 12. Rise of the Winners-Take-All EconomyChapter 13. The Way Forward: We Take Care of our Own
L. Randall Wray is an expert on MMT, Professor of Economics at Bard College and Senior Scholar at the Levy Economics Institute. His book Making Money Work for Us was also published by Polity in 2022.Heske Van Doornen is an economist, writer, and artist.