Author Archives: Thomas H. Greco, Jr.

An Honest Money System

I recently had a conversation with Copilot about designing an honest and effective exchange system that would circumvent the flawed and exploitative fiat money system. I began by saying, “The political money system is structurally flawed, and its eventual collapse is inevitable. That may occur slowly over time via inflation or suddenly with a declared devaluation; in either case the users of the currency suffer losses. Government debt is merely a measure of how much value has been taken from the people outside of the overt tax system. Let’s design an honest monetary system where issuance cannot outrun real output of goods and services.”

That conversation was built around my writings which were fed into Copilot and my responses to Copilot’s replies over several rounds. I then uploaded that entire conversation to Google’s NotebookLM and asked it to generate a video overview that puts it all into a concise non-mathematical description of what I’m aiming to build? The video it produced is truly awesome in explaining, in terms that virtually anyone can understand, how an honest and effective decentralized money system that is anchored to the real economy can be structured and how it operates.

The Money Problem–A Fix

Everytime I add new sources to Gemini it generates evrn better brief video explanations. This latest one is excellent.

The End of Money Explained

Yesterday I posted a remarkable six minute video that does an excellent job of explaining what I propose in Chapter 19—The Role of Governments in Solving the Money Problem, of my revised edition of my book, The End of Money and the Future of Civilization. The video below, which was also generated by NotebookLM, is based on additional material from my book and focuses on the nature of the money problem and how it has developed over more than 300 years. I am now working on the next video which will concentrate on explaining the solutions and alternative exchange devices and systems that I have long been prescribing. Watch for it.

The amazing usefulness of AI! Rethinking Money Cretion

AI has its dark side and will ultimately control and consume everything, but in the meantime it has features that an be used to do some good which may help turn the tide of civilization before that can happen.
After feeding it the text of my revised and expanded Chapter 19—The Role of Governments in Solving the Money Problem, Gemini’s NotebookLM created this six minute video that does an excellent job of explaining what the chapter says and what it proposes. Take a look.

An Economy That Shapes Who We Become-Tim Jenkin explains

Tim Jenkin has long been active in the realms of community economies, exchange alternatives, and social justice. He is the founder of Community Exchange System which has for three decades offered free hosting for community exchange groups. Today “CES is comprised of 1155 exchanges in 104 countries, making it the first global network of alternative exchange systems.”

In his latest article, he explains the ethical implications of how an econmomy is organized. Here is an introductory excerpt:

Every economy carries an ethical message. Whether explicitly stated or quietly assumed, the way we organise exchange teaches us something about what matters, how we should relate to one another, and what kind of behaviour is rewarded. Over time, these lessons shape not only markets, but character.

Most people do not experience an economy as an abstract system. They experience it through daily interactions: paying rent, earning income, settling obligations, asking for help, offering services, and worrying about the future. These experiences gradually form an ethical landscape — one that influences how people treat one another and how they see themselves.

The question is not whether an economy has moral consequences. It is what kind.

Plesase read the entire article.

What to do in the face of the dominant systems of health and agriculture that are making us sick?

This message from Elizabeth Kucinich may give you some clues.

What a Spring Chicken Knows That the New 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines Don’t

“If we are serious about health, then USDA policy must support organic, regenerative pasture systems that restore soil, respect animals, and allow farmers to remain on their land. Farmers should be helped to stay in farming, not pushed into bankruptcy by consolidation, debt, and policies that reward scale over stewardship. The current farm crisis is not a failure of farmers. It is the predictable outcome of a system that has stripped resilience from rural America.”

Againt all odds!

This inspiring memoir from Dennis Kucinich has given me some much-needed encouragement to persist in pursuit of my own “impossible dream.” Maybe it will help you too.

The Lesson of the Letter Sweater: Learning the Plays to Win Against All Odds

Facing the facts–politics and monetary gimmicks cannot overcome the limits imposed by the real economy

Dr. Tim Morgan clearly articulates what this means.

Your weight and your health

Dr Lidiya Angelova is someone whose knowledge and dedication I respect. Her latest post, The Weight-Loss “Shot” You Can Make in Your Kitchen (No Syringes Required), I think may be of benefit to so many who have health challenges and weight problems.

This is perhaps the most important speech of the decade on international relations and our prospective future.

Either we all win or we all lose!