For the growing ranks of monetary reformers worldwide, long-time expert Greco’s deeply-researched new book is essential reading. This gripping blend of theory and practicality lays out all the options for creating saner money and credit systems …and the real possibilities in today’s information age, of electronic trading and exchange, at last, without the need to use money at all.

(blurb from Hazel Henderson, author, Ethical Markets)

We will certainly return to the following book, as book of the week, but here’s a preview from the book that will be available from mid-April onwards:

Book: Thomas Greco. The End of Money and the Future of Civilization. Chelsea-Green, 2009

Here’s the publisher’s summary, the full ToC can be glanced here, and you can pre-order this landmark book via Amazon.

Summary:

“”The End of Money and the Future of Civilization considers the money problem within the broad historical and political context that has made the control of money and banking the primary mechanism for concentrating power and wealth and the nullification of democratic governance.

It provides the necessary understanding for entrepreneurs, activists, and civic leaders to implement approaches toward monetary liberation, approaches that empower communities to restore their environments and democratic institutions, and begin to build economies that are sustainable, equitable, and insulated from the financial crises that plague the dominant systems of money, banking and finance.

It provides specific design proposals and exchange-system architectures for local, regional, national, and global financial systems, and offers strategies for their implementation prescribing actions that grassroots organizations, businesses, and governments will need to take to achieve success.”