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Worth reading
By far the most eloquent and entertaining recent book on the theme of money
is Frozen Desire by James Buchan (Picador, London, 1997). It's principally
cultural, though.
For a radical, shocking and eye-opening exposé of how our money system
really works read Michael Rowbotham's The Grip of Death: a study of modern
money, debt slavery and destructive economics (Jon Carpenter, Charlbury,
1998). He's also a clear and passionate writer.
Frances Hutchinson, What Everybody Really Wants to Know About Money
(Jon Carpenter, Charlbury, 1998) is inspired by the idea of social credit, as
is Alan Armstrong's To Restrain the Red Horse: the urgent need for radical
economic reform (Towerhouse, Dunoon, 1996). Both are thoughtful, inspiring
and perfectly accessible to the layperson.
James Robertson is a writer and thinker to look out for and Future Wealth
(Cassell, London, 1989) is one of his best. His recent Transforming Economic
Life: A Millennial Challenge (Green Books, 1998) is also useful.
Dorothy Rowe's vivid and highly readable The Real Meaning of Money (HarperCollins,1997)
tackles money from a psychologist's perspective, while William Bloom's Money,
Heart and Mind (Penguin Arkana, 1995) takes a more spiritual approach.
And the beautifully illustrated Money: A History edited by Jonathan
Williams (British Museum Press, 1997) is both authoritative and refreshingly
global in its reach.
For an inside view, Soros on Soros by George Soros (Wiley, 1995) makes
fascinating reading. The maverick speculator-cum-philanthropist is as thoughtful
as he is unpredictable.
However, the absolute classics on the theme remain JK Galbraith's excellent:
Money (Bantam, New York, 1976) and Georg Simmel's seminal The Philosophy
of Money (1907, Routledge, London, 1990 reprint). Both are still well worth
reading.
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