Decolonizing Money

'An important thinker…. Linares always has an insightful, critical, yet ultimately creative and optimistic take on anything related to the relation of money, democracy, and social justice.'

-- David Graeber

'Writing in the tradition of Bookchin and Graeber, Julio Linares shows that when placed in the perspective of world history and anthropology, current attempts to reimagine money—from MMT to Bitcoin—are actually not terribly imaginative. He gives us a radical work of hope, critique, and imagination, which will stimulate discussion for years to come.'

-- David Wengrow, co-author of The Dawn of Everything

'A bold and emancipatory project that is transdisciplinary, historical, and unapologetically critical examination of the form and function of money as a tool of subordination. Linares seamlessly coalesces the anthropology of the origins of money with new geopolitical and international political economy complexities, while drawing urgent linkages to climate justice and debt subordination'

-- Bhumika Muchhala, Senior Advisor, Third World Network Institute

'In this provocative book, Julio Linares explores the project of abolishing US dollar hegemony to decolonize money and create a real economic democracy by putting the power of money into people’s hands'

-- Randall Wray, author of Money for Beginners

'With this book, Julio Linares establishes himself as a true intellectual inheritor of his mentor, David Graeber, showing how the dollar is doomed to decay and how money could be a real commons'

-- Guy Standing, author of The Politics of Time: Gaining Control in the Age of Uncertainty