Money, Markets, and Democracy

George Bragues is the Assistant Vice-Provost and Program Head of Business at the University of Guelph-Humber, Canada. His writings have spanned the disciplines of economics, politics, and philosophy. He has published op-ed pieces in Canada’s Financial Post.  He has also published a wide variety of scholarly articles and reviews in journals such as The Journal of Business Ethics, Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, The Independent Review, History of Philosophy Quarterly, Episteme, and Business Ethics Quarterly.

• Introduction: Why the Markets Must Be Politically Investigated.- 1 Money Before Liberal Democracy.- 2 Money In Liberal Democracy.- 3 The Bond Market.- 4 The Stock Market.- 5 The Derivatives Markets.- 6 The Currency Markets.- Conclusion: The Fix Is Mostly About the Money.