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  1. Mar 5, 2013 · Paper Promises is an excellent primer on the sometimes contradictory dual role of money as a means of value exchange and wealth preservation and the eternal struggle between lenders (who want their money back plus interest) and borrowers who generally want to delay repayment while inflation lowers the value of the money owed.

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    • 2012
    • Philip Coggan
  2. Dec 1, 2011 · Paper Promises, by journalist Philip Coggan, is a good place to look for answers to those questions. Coggan’s concise and lucid book will leave readers deeply doubtful about the system’s reliability and durability.

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    • Hardcover
    • Philip Coggan
  3. Aug 16, 2018 · For the past forty years, Western economies have splurged on debt. Now, as the reality dawns that many debts cannot be repaid, we find ourselves again in crisis. But the oncoming defaults have a time-worn place in our economic history.

  4. Jan 17, 2012 · In Paper Promises, Economist columnist Philip Coggan helps us to understand the origins of this mess and how it will affect the new global economy by explaining how our attitudes towards...

    • Philip Coggan
    • PublicAffairs, 2012
    • illustrated
  5. Jan 17, 2012 · In Paper Promises, Economist columnist Philip Coggan helps us to understand the origins of this mess and how it will affect the new global economy by explaining how our attitudes towards debt have changed throughout history, and how they may be about to change again.

  6. By Philip Coggan. $21.99. Format: Trade Paperback $21.99. ebook $11.99. Also available from: Amazon. Barnes & Noble. Books-A-Million. Bookshop. Target. Walmart. Description. Winner of the Spear’s Best Business Book Award. Longlisted for the 2012 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.

  7. Apr 30, 2018 · A columnist for the "Economist" discusses the history of monetary booms and busts and describes the consequences of the enormous amounts of unrepayable debt racked up by the United States for the country and its citizens. Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-285) and index.