Overview
- Addresses the interactions and power dynamics between politics and financial markets
- Demonstrates how democracy hinders markets' contributions to social good
- Makes the case for reinstating the gold standard
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“This is a must-read book for all who wish to understand Western history of the past two hundred years, at the heart of which is the intimate relationship between finance and politics. In this sweeping and well-written book, Bragues explains that financial markets relate to democratic regimes in about the same way as heroin relates to drug addicts, and he advocates cold turkey.” (Guido Hulsmann, Professor, Universite d'Angers, France)
“George Bragues' investigation into the uneasy partnership between money and democracy is as timely as it is important, and as winning as it is learned. Here is a book that not only diagnoses the problem-- deranged markets, distorted values, immense debts-- but also prescribes the solution. Bravo!” (James Grant, Editor, Grant's Interest Rate Observer)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
George Bragues is the Assistant Vice-Provost and Program Head of Business at the University of Guelph-Humber, Canada. His writings have spanned the disciplines of economics, politics, and philosophy. He has published op-ed pieces in Canada’s Financial Post. He has also published a wide variety of scholarly articles and reviews in journals such as The Journal of Business Ethics, Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, The Independent Review, History of Philosophy Quarterly, Episteme, and Business Ethics Quarterly.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Money, Markets, and Democracy
Book Subtitle: Politically Skewed Financial Markets and How to Fix Them
Authors: George Bragues
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56940-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56939-4Published: 11 November 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56940-0Published: 11 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 320
Number of Illustrations: 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic Policy, Capital Markets, International Political Economy, Democracy