So far there has been little treatment of the politics of scarce money and of money as a political category in relation to 'advanced' countries. The central theme of the book is the limitations and constraints on state action which arise from the relation between the (nation) state and the global flow of money.

Preface to the 1996 Reprint - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: The Politics of Money; W.Bonefeld & J.Holloway - The Abyss Opens: The Rise and Fall of Keynesianism; J.Holloway - Monetarism and Crisis; W.Bonefeld - Money in the World Crisis: The New Basis of Capitalist Power; C.Marazzi - Capital, Crisis and the International State System; P.Burnham - Global Capital and the National State; J.Holloway - The Subversion of Money-as-Command in the Current Crisis; H.Cleaver - Money, Equality and Exploitation: An Interpretation of Marx's Treatment of Money; W.Bonefeld - Conclusion: Money and Class Struggle; W.Bonefeld & J.Holloway - Index