A human economy puts people first in emergent world society. Money is a
human universal and now takes the divisive form of capitalism. This book
addresses how to think about money (from Aristotle to the daily news and
the sexual economy of luxury goods); its contemporary evolution (banking
the unbanked and remittances in the South, cross-border investment in
China, the payments industry and the politics of bitcoin); and cases
from 19th century India and Southern Africa to contemporary Haiti and
Argentina. Money is one idea with diverse forms. As national monopoly
currencies give way to regional and global federalism, money is a key to
achieving economic democracy.