{"product_id":"debt-or-democracy-public-money-for-sustainability-and-social-justice-1","title":"Debt or Democracy","description":"This is a challenge to conventional thinking around money and the 'debt crisis'. By re-evaluating the source of money, Mary Mellor presents a radical alternative to austerity and privatisation: public wealth, or, money used for sustainability, sufficiency and social justice. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDebt or Democracy debunks the received lessons of the financial crisis of 2007. Political elites shout about a house whose finances are in disarray; a 'yawning deficit' created by reckless spending in a bloated public sector. The answer to this 'debt crisis' has been harsh austerity measures - but this is a dangerously deceptive discourse.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTurning against the prevalent narrative, with its language of 'debt' and 'deficit', Mellor takes on the familiar question - 'where does money come from?'. The real solution is a return to the notion of public wealth and the public economy; of a monetary system owned by, and operated in the interests of, the majority.","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54188342903128,"sku":null,"price":97.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780745335551.jpg?v=1769899518","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/debt-or-democracy-public-money-for-sustainability-and-social-justice-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}