In today's financial climate, we are all, naturally, obsessed by debt. In almost every aspect of our life we experience it - on our credit cards, mortgages, bank loans and student loans. But where has this debt come from? How does it work? What is any money really worth? And what promises do we need[...]
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For the past forty years western economies have splurged on debt. Now, as the reality dawns that many debts cannot be repaid, we find o[...]
How Money Works and What Happens When It Doesn't. In this fascinating look at money through the ages - including our own unstable future - award-winning financial journalist Philip Coggan examines the flawed structure of the global finance systems as they exist today and asks, with the deeper imbala[...]