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Consider a world where gold is worthless, everybody earns the same amount, banks do not exist and international trade is banned. Would our lives be better if all work was fun, debt was wiped out and anybody could live wherever they wanted? What would happen if we banned adverts, stopped shopping and rationed carbon? All these ideas and more are analysed and debated in this timely new book.Consider a world where gold is worthless, everybody earns the same amount, banks do not exist and international trade is banned. Would our lives be better if all work was fun, debt was wiped out and anybody could live wherever they wanted? What would happen if we banned adverts, stopped shopping and rationed carbon? All these ideas and more are analysed and debated in this timely new book.In between these speculations, there are also seven historical 'what ifs', which examine the consequences of real-life economic experiments, such as 'What if we abolish slavery?' and 'What if we just keep printing banknotes?'. You need to speculate to accumulate. With its informative and thought-provoking speculations, 'What If Money Grew on Trees?' will help you to accumulate the knowledge you need to understand

Author

David Boyle & Neva Goodwin

Publisher

Ilex Press/ Ivy Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781782401179

Subjects

Business, Economics, Finance