Money creation, debt, and justice

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English - January 26, 2022 11:00 - 11 minutes - 8.02 MB
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Money plays an essential social role, and its distribution is linked to that of justice. Unfortunately, bias has corroded the mechanisms that govern money creation, resulting in injustices that benefit the wealthy at the expense of the poor.

Peter Dietsch, a philosophy professor at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, says it’s time to re-evaluate the system and consider alternatives.

Read their original article: https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X21999736

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