This book examines why the "standard money theory" we habitually apply to the world is incapable of confronting the challenges of global climate change. It then provides an easy to follow layman's explanation of "modern money theory" (MMT) and shows why this new perspective of the Reserve/bank-dollar system we use today is the best hope the world has to actually pay people to do the work (and alter their consumer choices) to save the planet. The explanation is given twice; the second time using diagrams that make the new perspective of MMT come to life.