The Control and Distribution of Production (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Clifford Hugh Douglas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 026615770X ISBN 13: 9780266157700

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A clear-eyed take on money, credit, and how economies actually distribute goods and purchasing power.

The work opens with a practical view of finance, arguing that money is a mechanism we assign meaning to. It explains the difference between real credit, which measures a community’s ability to deliver goods, and financial credit, which tracks how quickly money can be drawn. The text then challenges common assumptions about the current financial system and its effects on society, arguing that the system’s premises clash with modern industrial progress.

Readers are walked through key premises about cooperative industry, production, and the distribution of goods. It explains how capitalist prices relate to costs, and why the present system may fail to meet the needs of most people even when production capacity is high. The aim is to clarify why waste and inflation can undermine purchasing power, and how a different financial approach could better align prices with actual demand.

• How money functions as a chosen mechanism for handling goods and services.
• The distinction between real credit and financial credit and why it matters.
• How current price and purchasing-power dynamics can misalign with production.
• Possible ways to rethink finance to improve the distribution of goods.

Ideal for readers of economic thought and policy debates who want a plainly stated critique of money, credit, and distribution.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 026615770X
• ISBN 13: 9780266157700
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 183