Introduction : the evolving money system -- Some lessons from the history of money -- Money and ethics -- Managing the national money supply -- Collecting and spending public revenue -- The international money system : what can we do about it? -- Money for localities, households and people -- Some abstractions and distractions -- Conclusion : so what's to be done? And how? -- Appendix 1 : the Georgist and social credit movements -- Appendix 2 : contacts for further study and research, selected references and acknowledgements.