Michael Rowbotham

Michael Rowbotham is a political and economic writer and commentator based in the UK who is best known for his two books The Grip of Death (1998) and Goodbye America (2000). The Grip of Death focuses on what he believes to be inequities in the practice of fractional reserve banking (which he equates with counterfeiting) and the economic distortions he believes to be inherent in the so-called debt-based monetary system which almost all nations utilise in the modern age.^[1][2][3] In Goodbye America Rowbotham argues that Third World debt is immoral, invalid, and inherently unrepayable. He argues that this 'unjust' debt should be canceled immediately.^[4]

References

1. ^ Extract from Grip of Death
2. ^ Review of Grip of Death by Prosperity UK
3. ^ Review of Grip of Death by Joe Glynn
4. ^ Review of Goodbye America by The Ecologist

External links

• George Monbiot (2000-07-20). "They don't owe us, we owe them". London: Guardian Unlimited. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,345115,00.html. Retrieved 2008-01-02. 
• Ed Metcalfe (2000-09-01). "Goodbye America! Globalisation, Debt and the Dollar Empire. (Review)". The Ecologist (AccessMyLibrary). http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28387866_ITM. Retrieved 2008-01-02.  (Subscription required)
• Wendy Olsen (2001). "The Grip of Death: A Study of Modern Money, Debt Slavery and Destructive Economics. (Book Review)". Capital & Class; Autumn2001 Supplement, Issue 75, p31-33. EBSCOhost. http://connection.ebscohost.com/content/article/1023687762.html. Retrieved 2008-01-02. (Subscription required)
• Kirsten Garrett (2001). "Drop the Debt". Background Briefing (program transcript). ABC Radio National. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s364717.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-02. 

See also

• monetary reform
• Soft currency
• List of monetary reformers
• Criticism of fractional-reserve banking

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