David Boyle is a senior associate at the New Economics Foundation in London and is the author of Funny Money (1999) and The Tyranny of Numbers (2001).
'Lively and illuminating.' Future Survey 'Boyle's fascinating book collates a range of key economic thinkers' arguments, from the historical to the present day, and analyses their work in a unique discourse.' The Ecologist 'A unique collection of historical and contemporary thought on the nature of money combines the political and polemical, the analytical and visionary, and draws on a wealth of expertise and experience from the early reformsers to modern critics such as Keynes and Hayek.' Book Notes. Business Horizons 4 July- August 2004