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Title The power of money : how governments and banks create money and help us all prosper / Paul Sheard.
Author Sheard, P., author.
Publication Info. Dallas, TX : Matt Holt Books, an imprint of BenBella Books, Inc., [2023]
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  332.4 SHE    AVAILABLE/SHELVING
Description 277 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "In The Power of Money, economist Paul Sheard distills what money is, how it comes into existence, and how it interacts with the real economy"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Introduction -- Money creation : a powerful partnership -- The power of government debt -- The power of central banks -- The power of quantitative easing -- The power of money to create inequality - and wealth -- The power of money to wreak havoc -- The folly of the Euro -- The power of international money -- The disruptive power of cryptocurrencies -- Concluding thoughts.
Subject Money.
Wealth.
Monetary policy.
ISBN 9781637743157 (hardcover) : $30.00
1637743157 (hardcover)