Crowdfunding and the democratization of finance /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Davis, Mark (Author), Davis, Bruce (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Crowd funding. Money > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Front Cover
Testimonials page
Crowdfunding and the Democratization if Finance
Copyright information
Dedication
Table of contents
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Preface
ONE The Crisis of Finance
The financial Leviathan
Why 'democratic finance'?
Models of democracy
What does finance value?
TWO What is Crowdfunding?
Savings accounts (in banks, building societies or National Savings)
Investments (capital at risk)
eBay for money
Crowdfunding: the basics
Donation/rewards-based crowdfunding
Debt security or loans-based crowdfunding
Equity-based crowdfunding
Co-operatives and community benefit societies
Crowdfunding around the world and back
Crowdfunding as 'democratic finance'
Democratizing finance? For whom, about what?
THREE Democratic Finance, Then and Now
Who controls your money?
Guardians of the financial Republic
Saving versus investing
P2P finance, a 2,500-year-old new idea
Digging for coins
From Goschen loans to Community Municipal Investments
FOUR The Destination of Money
Flat, colourless and heartless
It's relational work, stupid!
The gift of money
Modern Monetary Theory, moonshots and missions to Mars
FIVE Futures of Democratic Finance
Challenging crowdfunding, within and without
Understanding investment as a social act
The enduring paradox of financial inclusion
The taboo of investment
Money, meaning and those magic money trees
From wealth creation to wealth management: neoliberalism's 'real' legacy
Beyond the crisis of finance: crowdfunding versus cryptocurrencies
CONCLUSION The Change in Your Pocket
Notes
References
Index
Back Cover