Money is Power

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Abstract

Sovereign governments have the power to create money. Policies can be enacted to asress public debt and deficits, as well as distributional unfairness. What are the consequences for soverign nations of giving up their constitutional right to print their own money?
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRethinking Finance
EditorsLiv Anna Lindman, Abel Crawford, Marie Storlie
Number of pages11
Place of PublicationOslo
PublisherRethinking Economics
Publication date2018
Pages24-34
ISBN (Print)978-82-691429-0-7
ISBN (Electronic)978-82-691429-1-4
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Bibliographical note

Rethinking Finance took place in Oslo April 12 – 13 2018 at BI Norwegian Business School. The conference is a collaboration between Rethinking Economics Norway, Centre for Financial Regulation BI, Finance Watch and Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) Working Group on Financial Stability.

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