Corporate and social transformation of money and banking Breaking the serfdom /

As the real economy is increasingly digitalized, banking lags behind. It is thus not well placed to support the new economy. The book provides some perspective on the changes taking place, identifying the systemic weaknesses in the traditional financial infrastructure, and proposing some radical ret...

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Group Author: Mouatt, Simon; Adams, Carl
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230298972
Summary: As the real economy is increasingly digitalized, banking lags behind. It is thus not well placed to support the new economy. The book provides some perspective on the changes taking place, identifying the systemic weaknesses in the traditional financial infrastructure, and proposing some radical rethinking to address systemic financial instability.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230275942, 2010.
Carrier Form: 264 p. : 12 figures, 4.
ISBN: 9780230275942
9780230298972 :
0230298974 :
CLC: D971.222.8
Contents: Introduction-- C.Adams & S.Mouatt PART ONE: THEORY Monetary Monopoly as Structural Cause for Systemic Financial Instability?-- B.Lietaer Marx's Big Idea-- N.Potts When is a Financial Crisis not a Financial Crisis?-- N.Potts The Dissolution of the Financial State-- S.Mouatt The Corporate Subjugation of Money and Banking-- S.Mouatt PART TWO: THE EVIDENCE The Emergence of Non-Banks: E-Commerce Driven Competition in the Financial Sector-- C.Adams Changing Payment Systems-- C.Adams Ascendant Corporate Monies: Electronic Money in an Electronic World-- C.Adams Complementary Currencies at Work-- B.L