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The End of Money…
My latest book, The End of Money and the Future of Civilization, is now available.
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Beyond Money- Milestones in Moneyless Exchange May 17, 2013I often compare the evolution of exchange alternatives to the development of aviation. Just as many early attempts to fly were clumsy and poorly informed by good science, so too have been many early attempts to create private and community … Continue reading →
- Spring Update May 11, 2013Dear friends, It’s high time for us to reclaim the credit commons and I need your help. I will be traveling to Europe this summer to push forward the movement toward complementary currencies and moneyless exchange, and to preach the … Continue reading →
- Complementary currency conference shaping up to be a landmark event May 4, 2013The Conference on Complementary Currency Systems that will be held 19-23 June in The Hague, Netherlands, is shaping up to be a significant landmark in the development of currencies and exchange processes. It will bring together practitioners and theoreticians from … Continue reading →
- Spring Newsletter–Crowdfunding our work May 1, 20132013 – Spring Newsletter In this issue: Crowdfunding my 2013 Summer tour Articles and Projects New chapter with Prof. Jem Bendell is now published and online. My new article in IJCCR. Recent events & Presentations Money & Life. DEBTx prsentation … Continue reading →
- Do Banks Create Money out of Nothing? April 22, 2013One of my correspondents recently referred me to an article and asked for my opinion about it. The article is Creating Money out of Nothing: The History of an Idea, by Mike King, dated April 2012 . I read the … Continue reading →
- Developing a framework for an equitable, harmonious and sustainable global society April 15, 2013The current global mega-crisis is forcing us to confront the flaws and inconsistencies inherent in the present dominant structures of economics, money, and finance. As a result, we have before us a great opportunity to open up a conversation that … Continue reading →
- How to protect your “nest egg” while making your communty more resilient April 10, 2013This podcast featuring Michael Shuman, Jenny Kassan, and Elizabeth Ü, is a “must watch.” It clearly explains the options available to savers, investors, and entrepreneurs.
- Bitcoin vs government, what are the stakes? April 9, 2013Bitcoin is analogous to gold in that it is hard to produce and acquire, its supply is limited, it can be exchanged anonymously, and it’s path cannot easily be traced. That has some good socio-political implications and some bad ones. … Continue reading →
- Reorganizing business: from serving stockholders to serving people March 25, 2013Part of the socio-economic transformation that needs to occur lies in shifting business motivation from profits for a few, to benefiting the common good. Cooperatives are not the full answer, but may have a useful role to play. A recent … Continue reading →
- Can governments and banks be trusted with the money power? March 23, 2013As governments around the world struggle to manage their soaring debt burdens, the wisdom of E. C. Riegel rings ever more true. The masters of the political debt-money regime are pressuring Cyprus to confiscate part of the savings of their … Continue reading →
- Milestones in Moneyless Exchange May 17, 2013
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