
Money Mirage

Each of us has heard the mantra that money is the root of all evil, yet money is also an instrument of peace. Rather than kill their neighbours for food and property, the newly sedentary farming societies learned to trade using money.
David McWilliams • Money: A Story of Humanity
When we unpack the mind-set of scarcity, we find three central myths that have come to define our relationship with money and that block our access to more honest and fulfilling interactions with
Lynne Twist • The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life

The core argument is that any attempt to separate monetary policy from social policy is ultimately wrong. Primordial-debt theorists insist that these have always been the same thing. Governments use taxes to create money, and they are able to do so because they have become the guardians of the debt that all citizens have to one another. This debt i
... See moreDavid Graeber • Debt: The First 5,000 Years,Updated and Expanded
