Money, Markets, and Democracy
Politically Skewed Financial Markets and How to Fix Them

Authors: George Bragues



Addresses the interactions and power dynamics between politics and financial markets

Demonstrates how democracy hinders markets' contributions to social good

Makes the case for reinstating the gold standard

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the ways that politics and financial markets impact one another. In this relationship, politics is the ultimate controlling force. The kinds and prices of financial instruments that get traded and the individuals and institutions that get to trade them, not to mention the rules under which everyone trades, are all matters decisively influenced by an array of political variables - sometimes for the better, but all too often for the worse. The fault for this political skewing of the markets chiefly lies with democracy.  Through its commitment to equality and its inclination towards fiscal profligacy, democracy hinders the markets from acting as a greater force for social good. To fix this skewing of finance, democracy’s troubling tendencies must be squarely faced and curbed by a return to its monetary roots. Democracy must reinstall gold at the monetary foundations of our financial markets.

Table of contents

Front Matter
Pages i-xv

Introduction: Why the Markets Must Be Politically Investigated
Pages 1-14

Money Before Liberal Democracy
Pages 15-41

Money in Liberal Democracy
Pages 43-74

The Bond Market
Pages 75-118

The Stock Market
Pages 119-176

The Derivatives Markets
Pages 177-223

The Currency Markets
Pages 225-273

It’s All About the Money
Pages 275-284

Back Matter
Pages 285-320



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