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I start by making a few preliminary points.
To get out of the money trap will require a transformation of the GFS. As discussed in Chapter 3, before such a regime change is feasible, intellectual groundwork and consensus-building will be needed. The rich history of thought on monetary reform has much to offer.
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Pringle, R. (2014). One Hundred Years of Currency Plans. In: The Money Trap. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230392755_12
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