How to fulfil the UN sustainability goals : rethinking the role and concept of money in the light of sustainability

How to fulfil the UN sustainability goals : rethinking the role and concept of money in the light of sustainability / Felix Fuders.

This book combines the field of economics especially monetary theory with other disciplines like ecology, physics, humanities, social sciences and development theory. This transdisciplinary approach makes the book a unique contribution for researchers, students, policy makers and professionals worki...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fuders, Felix
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2023.
Subjects:
Sustainable development.
sustainable development.
Sustainable development
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Money and Its Role in the Economy
  • Introduction
  • What Is Money?
  • Money Is Like the 'Blood' of the Economy
  • Part II: Money and Unsustainability in Stricto Sensu
  • The Growth Imperative Inherent in Our Financial System
  • The effect of interest on the money supply, demand and growth
  • Economic Growth in the Long Run Is Unsustainable
  • Economic Growth or Unemployment
  • Part III Money and Inequality
  • Our Current Monetary System Produces Income Inequality
  • Moral-Ethical Aspects of Interest-Induced Inequality
  • Part IV Natural Money as Solution
  • Gesell's Solution
  • Gesell's Solution to Achieve the SDGs
  • How to Implement Gesell's Solution in Today's World
  • Alternatives to Gesell's Solution?
  • Part V Outlook and Final Considerations
  • Towards Development at Human Scale
  • Economic Resilience in the Face of External Shocks
  • Addendum: Some Final Considerations.

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