The Debt Delusion

Author : John F. Weeks
Publisher : Polity
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1509532943

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The Debt Delusion by John F. Weeks Pdf

‘Governments should spend no more than their tax income.’ Most people in Europe and North America accept this statement as simple common sense. It resonates with the deeply engrained economic metaphors that dominate public discourse, from ‘living within your means’ to ‘balancing the budget’ – all necessary, or so conventional wisdom holds, to avoid the dangers of debt, taxation and financial ruin. This book shows how these homely metaphors constitute the ‘debt delusion’: a set of plausible-sounding yet false ideas that have been used to justify damaging austerity policies. John Weeks debunks these myths, explaining the true story behind public spending, taxation, and debt, and their real function in the management of our economies. He demonstrates that disputes about public finances are not primarily technical matters best left to specialists and experts, as many politicians would have us believe, but rather fundamentally questions about our true political priorities. Requiring no prior economic knowledge, this is an ideal primer for anyone wishing to cut through the rhetoric and misinformation that dominate political debates on economics and become an informed citizen.

Author : John Weeks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Debts, Public
ISBN : 150953296X

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The Debt Delusion by John Weeks Pdf

Author : Mehdi Hasan
Publisher : Random House
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781446483855

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Summer of Unrest: The Debt Delusion by Mehdi Hasan Pdf

Britain in 2011 is in the grip of debt hysteria. If the current coalition government is going to be remembered for one thing it is the cuts: the most severe that this country has seen for decades. Cuts to university funding, libraries and public sector workplaces have seen the most high profile resistance, with the type of protest on the streets not seen since the Poll Tax riots and the Thatcher years. In this ebook, Mehdi Hasan exposes ten myths about the debt, deficits and spending cuts, and asks if this programme of austerity is really necessary or whether it is actually an economic strategy with its roots in an ideology that extends much further back in time than the global economic collapse of 2008. BRAIN SHOTS is the pre-eminent source for high quality, short-form digital non-fiction. The Summer of Unrest series brings together stellar writers to explore the issues surrounding the austerity measures in the UK, uprisings in the Middle East and the nature of the protest movements springing up all over the world.

Author : Will Slatyer
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781599429953

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The Debt Delusion by Will Slatyer Pdf

In the twenty-first century, corporations delude themselves that their operations are capitalist. In fact the high levels of debt, based on dubious assets reflect "debtism" not "capitalism". Over the ages, debt has crippled countries and economies, companies, large and small, because of biased optimism by lenders and borrowers. Debt is the most common global financial risk and needs to be controlled at Board level, even before trained executives endeavour risk management. The Debt Delusion provides a history of money and debt that should lead all Directors and executives to study recommended ways to manage debt. Management of debt will be extremely important in 2008.

Author : Peter Warburton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023591543

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Debt and Delusion by Peter Warburton Pdf

Author : David Pilling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781408893722

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The Growth Delusion by David Pilling Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2019 'A near miracle' Ha-Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism According to the economy, we have never been wealthier or happier. So why doesn't it feel that way? The Growth Delusion explores how we prioritise growth maximisation without stopping to think about the costs. So much of what is important to our well-being, from safe streets to sound minds, lies outside the purview of statistics. In a book that is both thought-provoking and entertaining, David Pilling argues that our steadfast loyalty to growth is informing misguided policies, and proposes different criteria for measuring our success.

Author : Cas Mudde
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781509536856

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The Far Right Today by Cas Mudde Pdf

The far right is back with a vengeance. After several decades at the political margins, far-right politics has again taken center stage. Three of the world’s largest democracies – Brazil, India, and the United States – now have a radical right leader, while far-right parties continue to increase their profile and support within Europe. In this timely book, leading global expert on political extremism Cas Mudde provides a concise overview of the fourth wave of postwar far-right politics, exploring its history, ideology, organization, causes, and consequences, as well as the responses available to civil society, party, and state actors to challenge its ideas and influence. What defines this current far-right renaissance, Mudde argues, is its mainstreaming and normalization within the contemporary political landscape. Challenging orthodox thinking on the relationship between conventional and far-right politics, Mudde offers a complex and insightful picture of one of the key political challenges of our time.

Author : Amos William Stetson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Budget
ISBN : UOM:39015089573185

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Is Our Prosperity a Delusion? by Amos William Stetson Pdf

Author : Thomas Poell,David B. Nieborg,Brooke Erin Duffy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781509540525

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Platforms and Cultural Production by Thomas Poell,David B. Nieborg,Brooke Erin Duffy Pdf

The widespread uptake of digital platforms – from YouTube and Instagram to Twitch and TikTok – is reconfiguring cultural production in profound, complex, and highly uneven ways. Longstanding media industries are experiencing tremendous upheaval, while new industrial formations – live-streaming, social media influencing, and podcasting, among others – are evolving at breakneck speed. Poell, Nieborg, and Duffy explore both the processes and the implications of platformization across the cultural industries, identifying key changes in markets, infrastructures, and governance at play in this ongoing transformation, as well as pivotal shifts in the practices of labor, creativity, and democracy. The authors foreground three particular industries – news, gaming, and social media creation – and also draw upon examples from music, advertising, and more. Diverse in its geographic scope, Platforms and Cultural Production builds on the latest research and accounts from across North America, Western Europe, Southeast Asia, and China to reveal crucial differences and surprising parallels in the trajectories of platformization across the globe. Offering a novel conceptual framework grounded in illuminating case studies, this book is essential for students, scholars, policymakers, and practitioners seeking to understand how the institutions and practices of cultural production are transforming – and what the stakes are for understanding platform power.

Author : Adair Turner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691175980

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Between Debt and the Devil by Adair Turner Pdf

Why our addiction to debt caused the global financial crisis and is the root of our financial woes Adair Turner became chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority just as the global financial crisis struck in 2008, and he played a leading role in redesigning global financial regulation. In this eye-opening book, he sets the record straight about what really caused the crisis. It didn’t happen because banks are too big to fail—our addiction to private debt is to blame. Between Debt and the Devil challenges the belief that we need credit growth to fuel economic growth, and that rising debt is okay as long as inflation remains low. In fact, most credit is not needed for economic growth—but it drives real estate booms and busts and leads to financial crisis and depression. Turner explains why public policy needs to manage the growth and allocation of credit creation, and why debt needs to be taxed as a form of economic pollution. Banks need far more capital, real estate lending must be restricted, and we need to tackle inequality and mitigate the relentless rise of real estate prices. Turner also debunks the big myth about fiat money—the erroneous notion that printing money will lead to harmful inflation. To escape the mess created by past policy errors, we sometimes need to monetize government debt and finance fiscal deficits with central-bank money. Between Debt and the Devil shows why we need to reject the assumptions that private credit is essential to growth and fiat money is inevitably dangerous. Each has its advantages, and each creates risks that public policy must consciously balance.

Author : William J. Bernstein
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780802157119

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The Delusions of Crowds by William J. Bernstein Pdf

This “disturbing yet fascinating” exploration of mass mania through the ages explains the biological and psychological roots of irrationality (Kirkus Reviews). From time immemorial, contagious narratives have spread through susceptible groups—with enormous, often disastrous, consequences. Inspired by Charles Mackay’s nineteenth-century classic Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, neurologist and author William Bernstein examines mass delusion through the lens of current scientific research in The Delusions of Crowds. Bernstein tells the stories of dramatic religious and financial mania in western society over the last five hundred years—from the Anabaptist Madness of the 1530s to the dangerous End-Times beliefs that pervade today’s polarized America; and from the South Sea Bubble to the Enron scandal and dot com bubbles. Through Bernstein’s supple prose, the participants are as colorful as their “desire to improve one’s well-being in this life or the next.” Bernstein’s chronicles reveal the huge cost and alarming implications of mass mania. He observes that if we can absorb the history and biology of this all-too-human phenomenon, we can recognize it more readily in our own time, and avoid its frequently dire impact.

Author : Gilbert Rist
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848139251

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The Delusions of Economics by Gilbert Rist Pdf

In The Delusions of Economics, Gilbert Rist presents a radical critique of neoclassical economics from a social and historical perspective. Rather than enter into existing debates between different orthodoxies, Rist instead explores the circumstances that prevailed when economics was 'invented', and the resultant biases that helped forge the construction of economics as a 'science'. In doing so, Rist demonstrates how these various presuppositions are either obsolete or just plain wrong, and that traditional economics is largely based on irrational convictions that are difficult to debunk due to their 'religious' nature. As a result, we are prevented from properly understanding the world around us and dealing with the financial, environmental, and climatic crises that lie ahead. Provocative and original, this essential book provides incontrovertible proof that the construction of a new economic paradigm - pluralistic, ecologically compatible, grounded in reality - has now become a necessity.

Author : Leland Benton,Leland Dee Benton
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1492881120

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Why You Are in Debt Up to Your Eyeballs by Leland Benton,Leland Dee Benton Pdf

Debt and Delusion - Why You Are In Debt Up To Your Eyeballs is a self-help, advice and how to book dealing with the subject of personal debt. It teaches the mind science behind a person's delusions of debt but also speaks on the issues of why you are in debt, debt and delusion, debt and you, debt cures, debt elimination, debt free, and what to do when you are in debt. It is organized into the following chapters: DISCLAIMER AND TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT: Introduction - The Question of "Why" We Do The Things We Do Chapter 1 - Laying A Proper Foundation Filters The Incredible Power of Focus More on Focusing The Power of Visualization How to Train Your Subconscious Mind How You Can Train Your Mind Make the Time How to Put Your Mind to Sleep Quickly and Rest Completely Awareness Relaxed Focus Repetition Chapter 2 - The Debt Trap Chapter 3 - Impulsive Buying Behavior Chapter 4 - Money Is An Effect And Not A Cause Chapter 5 - You Can't or You Won't? Chapter 6 - The Way Out To Prosperity Chapter 7 - Summary & Conclusions If debt is ruining your life and causing stress and anxieties, then you need to read this book. Written by one of the nation's leading behavioral scientists, Dr. Leland Benton is the author of over two dozen self-help books and nonfiction behavioral science texts. He is a best-selling Amazon author with over 200-books published on Amazon alone. You need to read this book. It is the fourth book of Dr. Benton's "Why" series of books. Subsequent books will be published when finished: Why You Do The Things You Do Why You Are Greedy Why You Are Immoral Why You Are In Debt Up To Your Eyeballs Why You Are Lonely Why You Are Unhappy Why You Fail In Relationships Why You Get Angry Why You Gossip About Others Why You Have Bad Habits Why You Lie, Cheat and Deceive Why You Overeat Why You Procrastinate Why You Smoke

Author : Joe Bageant
Publisher : Crown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307449573

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Deer Hunting with Jesus by Joe Bageant Pdf

Years before Hillbilly Elegy and White Trash, a raucous, truth-telling look at the white working poor -- and why they have learned to hate liberalism. What it adds up to, he asserts, is an unacknowledged class war. By turns tender, incendiary, and seriously funny, this book is a call to arms for fellow progressives with little real understanding of "the great beery, NASCAR-loving, church-going, gun-owning America that has never set foot in a Starbucks." Deer Hunting with Jesus is Joe Bageant’s report on what he learned when he moved back to his hometown of Winchester, Virginia. Like countless American small towns, it is fast becoming the bedrock of a permanent underclass. Two in five of the people in his old neighborhood do not have high school diplomas or health care. Alcohol, overeating, and Jesus are the preferred avenues of escape. He writes of: • His childhood friends who work at factory jobs that are constantly on the verge of being outsourced • The mortgage and credit card rackets that saddle the working poor with debt • The ubiquitous gun culture—and why the left doesn’ t get it • Scots Irish culture and how it played out in the young life of Lynddie England

Author : Diana McGinnis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798450746548

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What World Is This? by Diana McGinnis Pdf

What might a person living in today's world find and how would she react, if she were to find herself suddenly transported to the world of 2121, a world in which today's current events are already in the long ago past of history? In this controversial novella, witness the bewilderment of 21-year-old Rachelle Merkel, who is temporally transported from Easter Sunday 2021 to the Monday after Easter in the year 2121. What has become of the mountains of mushrooming debt and unfunded liabilities of today's world? What effect has the invention of "thinking caps" [that interface with the human brain] had upon schools and universities in 2121? What has replaced the fiat currency regime Rachelle has grown up with? And what has replaced the fractional-reserve banking system (presided over by a central bank) that is so familiar to her? How might our world of today look in retrospect, when sanity and responsible behavior return to the world's monetary and banking and governmental systems? And how can the inadvertent time traveler, Rachelle Merkel, return to her familiar world of 2021? Or can she? The novella WHAT WORLD IS THIS? A Tale of Hope for a World Mired in Debt and Delusion takes a peek into the year 2121 and provides some possible answers to questions facing our world today. The story takes some interesting and unexpected twists and turns along the way.