Towards a just monetary system

CONTENTS Foreword - Khurshid Ahmad 9 Preface 15 Introduction: The Perspective. 19 Roots of the Crisis 19 Role of the Banking System 22 The Dilemma 24 The Human Dimension 25 The Islamic Blueprint. 26 Scope of the Book. 30 Chapter 1: The Goals and Strategy 33 THE GOALS Economic Well-being with Full Employment and 'Optimum' Rate of Growth 34 Socio-Economic Justice and Equitable Distribution of Income and Wealth 36 Stability in the Value of Money 37 Indexation. 39 Unemployment and Inflaiton Trade-off. 42 Mobilisation of Savings. 44 Rendering Other Services 44 THE STRATEGY 45 Chapter 2: The Nature of Ribā 55 The Prohibition of Ribā 56 The Meaning of Ribā 56 Ribā al-Nasī’ ah 57 Ribā al-Fadl 58 Consumption and Production Loans. 62 Concluding Remarks 64 5 Chapter 3: The Alternative 67 Equity Financing. 68 Channels of Equity. 69 Sole Proprietorship 69 Partnership. 71 A Combination of Sole Proprietorship and Partnership. 72 Joint Stock Companies. 73 Cooperation 74 Historical Experience. 75 Chapter 4: Some Fundamental Reforms 81 Saving and Investing 82 Moderation in Spending 82 Elimination of Hoardings. 85 Efficient Use of Savings. 86 Government Spending. 86 Increased Equity Financing 87 Reducing the Power of Banks 90 A Sane Stock Market 95 Concluding Remarks. 100 Chapter 5: Objections and Rationale 107 Allocation of Resources 107 Savings and Capital Formation 111 Stability 117 Economic Growth. 122 Losses Incurred on Deposits 125 Short-Term Loans 129 Instalment Credit 131 Government Borrowing Needs 133 Chapter 6: Institutional Setting 147 The Central Bank. 147 Functions 148 Crisis Handling 149 Supervision 151 Allocation of Credit 152 Pioneering Role 152 Commercial Banks 154 The Essential Differences 154 6 Some Issues. 157 Resource Mobilisation 159 Resource Use. 160 Forms of Investment 164 Mudārabah, Shirkah and Corporation. 165 Other Forms