Money in an unequal world

the long version

"Keith Hart surveys the history of exchange, capitalism, the machine revolution (culminating in the Internet) and the ways that social thinkers have sought to try to explain them. This book takes its inspiration from Rousseau's ability to construct possible out of actual worlds. It draws on the rich traditions of liberal and social democracy, while aiming to go beyond the limitations of both.". "Keith Hart envisions a market economy, supported by the Internet, which liberates participants rather than confining them. Money in an Unequal World shows how people can be in control of money - not controlled by it."--BOOK JACKET.