{"product_id":"money-and-sustainability-bernard-lietaer-9781908009777","title":"Money and Sustainability: The Missing Link (black and white edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur money system IS the 'Missing Link'. We tend to assume that we must have a single, monopolistic currency, funded through bank debt, enforced by a central bank. But we don't need any such thing! In fact, the present system is outdated, brittle and unfit for purpose (witness the eurozone crisis). Like any other monoculture, it's profitable at first but ultimately a recipe for economic and environmental disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe alternative is a monetary 'ecosystem', with complementary currencies alongside the conventional one. This is more flexible, resilient, fair and sustainable. Societies worked like this in the past. So can we.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1972, the famous first Report for the Club of Rome - The Limits to Growth - showed how an economic system that demands infinite growth in a finite world is fundamentally unsustainable. This new Report explains our present monopolistic money system and the flawed thinking that underpins it. It spells out the catastrophic problems - environmental, socio-economic and financial - that we will continue to experience unless we make radical changes. Finally, it sets out nine practical proposals, which can be implemented now, to run alongside the current money system. This book is essential reading for policy makers, business leaders and economists, anyone concerned about sustainability, those working in the field of monetary systems and anyone with an informed interested in the future of the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard Lietaer, Christian Arnsperger, Goerner Sally\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1908009772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781908009777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Triarchy Press Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Bernard Lietaer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46927917121791,"sku":"9781908009777","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_31b46ab8-5298-4843-a008-7ae22dbc538e.jpg?v=1749373370","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/money-and-sustainability-bernard-lietaer-9781908009777","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}