Bank Job

The art avengers took on toxic debt culture and won by printing their own money in a disused bank in East London to buy up and abolish local debt. This is a brilliant performative protest and an economic education for fans of Grace Blakely and David Graeber.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 224 pages
\n Publication date: 17 September 2020
\n Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Co
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The art avengers have taken on the toxic debt culture and emerged victorious! The Guardian has reported on a group of artists who are using their creativity to challenge the financial system. These artists are not content with simply criticizing the system; they are determined to blow it up.

Meet the Bonnie and Clyde of bad debt! When art meets finance, The Big Bang takes on a whole new meaning. This is brilliant performative protest. Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics, has praised this innovative approach to activism.

Bank Job is a white-knuckle ride into the dark heart of the global financial system. Artist and filmmaker duo Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn discover that behind the opaque language of loans and the defunct diagrams of money and debt is a system flawed by design and ripe for hacking. They assemble a team and bring a community together by printing their own money in a disused bank in East London, in order to buy up and abolish local debt.

Part daring tale, part personal memoir, and part economic education, this book is perfect for fans of Grace Blakely and David Graeber. Bank Job shows how the financial system can be changed to meet the needs of the many, not just the few one bank job at a time.

\n Weight: 304g\n
Dimension: 138 x 214 x 20 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781603589697\n \n