Simon Johnson is a professor of entrepreneurship at MIT. In this video he explains that the financial crisis is no accident but a continuing cycle in which the big banks get ever richer and more powerful. He does not seem to recognize the debt imperative and growth imperative that is a feature of our debt-money and banking system but his charts clearly show its effects.–t.h.g
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- Fasten your seat belts…
- Local Currencies—what works; what doesn’t?
- Reclaiming the Credit Commons
- WIR - Current Operational Realities: A Report by Susan Witt
- Money, debt and the end of the growth imperative
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- Do Banks Create Money out of Nothing?
- The scam that is the global money system
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En español
- Arquitectura y operaciones de intercambio comercial: una conversación con Chip Davis y Charlie Davis
- Dinero, Poder, Democracia, y Guerra
- El fin del dinero y el futuro de la civilización
- El fin del dinero y la liberación del intercambio. Presentación en la Conferencia de Dinar de Oro 2007, Malasia
- La metamorfosis
- La Revolución del Intercambio: LLEVANDO EL COMERCIO SIN DINERO A UN NUEVO NIVEL
- Libertad de expresión contra las cuerdas.
- Liquidez y monetización: una monografía
- Reclamando el crédito como bien común
- Recuperando el crédito de los comunes. Rumbo a una Sociedad Mariposa.
- Reinventando el Dinero
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My Audio-visual presentations
- 2006-02 How to Build Healthy Community Economies, Auroville, India
- 2006-02 How to Build Healthy Community Economies, Auroville, India–Q&A
- 2006-Auroville. Answers to critical questions
- 2007 Auroville-Community and Economy: A rational approach to sustainability, harmony, and prosperity
- 2007-05 Reinventing Money, Sebastopol, CA
- 2007-Presentation at the Gold Dinar Conference-The End of Money and the Liberation of Exchange
- 2009-05-05 The End of Money slide show IONS, Abridged
- 2009-08 The End of Money, Tucson
- 2009-08-24 Basic Business Issues for Enabling Local Exchange, Tucson
- 2009-10 Panel Sessions at the Economics of Peace conference
- 2009-10 presentation-The Economics of Peace, Justice and Sustainability
- 2009-11 My presentations at the Conference on Michigan’s Future Energy, Economy & Environment (files 140 and 141, and 595 and 596, respectively)
- 2009-11 The End of Money and the Future of Civilization
- 2009-Cutting Edge Capital Raising for Small Business
- 2010 The Credit Commons
- 2011 FPA Presentation-Financial Planning in the Emerging Butterfly Economy
- 2011 FPA Presentation-Financial Planning in the Emerging Butterfly Economy-Movie with narrative
- 2011 The Butterfly Economy-Movie
- 2011 The Butterfly Economy-Q&A SUPPLEMENT
- 2011-11. The Emerging Butterfly Society – Thomas Greco
- 2012-A New Paradigm in Exchange and Finance: The pathway to peace, justice, freedom, and a dignified life for all
- 2013-06 Value Measurement Discussion-Improved
- 2013-IRTA Panel
- 2014-10-The Evolution of Money and its Potential to Improve Humanity
- 2014-10-The FUTURE of VALUE EXCHANGE
- 2014-Money, Power, Democracy, and War
- 2015-The Exchange Revolution. Athens workshop presentation
- 2016-10 A World Without Money and Interest: A pathway toward social justice and economic equity
- 2017 Disruptive Technoilogies Making Money Obsolete
- Just Cooperate–What we can learn from nature
- My 2 Minute “Elevator Speech” About Solving the Money Problem
- The Exchange Revolution: Taking Cashless trading to a new level (audio)
- The Exchange Revolution: Taking Cashless trading to a new level (slide show)
- There once was a river, …an allagorical tale
My Interviews
- 2003-06-26 Democratizing Money
- 2006 (March)-Interview by Sebastian Cortes at Auroville, India
- 2009 (April) Thomas Greco's Interview by Kim Hill of Radio New Zealand.
- 2009 Interview on Green Planet Radio, New Zealand.
- 2009 Interview on New Dimensions Radio–Toward a Credit Commons
- 2009 Interview on New Dimensions Radio: Investing in the Bank of You and Me
- 2009-06 Interview on The Power Hour with Joyce Riley
- 2009-07 interview featuring Thomas Greco and Annette Riggs on The Power Hour with Joyce Riley
- 2009-10 Interview with Daniel Pinchbeck (4 parts)
- 2009-10 Thomas Greco interview on Conscious Media Network
- 2009-11-05 Thomas Greco Interview on KBCS, One World Report.
- 2010 (June) Interview of Thomas Greco by Ken Rose, KOWS
- 2010 (March) interview, Irish Side of the Moon
- 2011 (June) Interview by KMO for C-Realm Podcast
- 2011 Interview by Frank Touby, The Bulletin, Toronto
- 2011 Interview by Hugh Reilly, ThatChannel, Toronto
- 2011 Interview for Outside In–Investigating Community Resilience, Part 1
- 2011 Interview for Outside In–Investigating Community Resilience, Part 2
- 2012 – The End of Money as We Know It and the Future of Civilization. Interview by Jay Taylor
- 2013 Award winning documentary filmmaker, Marie-Monique Robin, interviews Thomas Greco
- 2013-The Debt Growth Imperative. Interview with Community Currencies in Action
- 2013-Transformational Restructuring. An interview for Talkin' Business, Maastricht University
- 2014-12 Interview on Bartertown Radio
- 2015-08-13-The changing picture in complementary currencies
- 2017-03-15 interview on Primo Nutmeg podcast #121
- 2019-02. Why the future of money is mutual credit (and not Bitcoin)
- 2019-10 interview on Ellen Brown's podcast, It's Our Money
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- 2009-10 Interview of Thomas H. Greco by Daniel Pinchbeck
- 2019 September Newsletter
- A World Without Money and Interest: A pathway toward social justice and economic equity
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- Fundamentals of Alternative Currencies and Value Measurement
- Global monetary system is headed over the cliff—An Open letter to Jim Rickards
- How to Bring Liquidity Into an Economy, Free of Interest, Inflation, and Boom and Bust Cycles
- Liquidity and Monetization-a monograph
- Local Currencies—what works; what doesn’t?
- Money and Debt: A Solution to the Global Crisis
- Money, debt and the end of the growth imperative
- New Money: A Creative Opportunity for Business
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- Usury and the Church of England – Henry Swabey
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- There once was a river …an allegorical tale
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Beyond Money
- Fasten your seat belts… December 5, 2019In his current subscription pitch and announcement for his new book, PEAK TRUMP: The Undrainable Swamp And The Fantasy Of MAGA, David Stockman lays out some startling facts, provides a cogent analysis, and makes some dire predictions. As President Ronald … Continue reading →
- Latest news from Thomas Greco — November 2019 November 27, 2019In this edition: The End of Money and the Future of Civilization now published in Spanish There once was a river …an allegorical tale My latest interview on Ellen Brown’s podcast, It’s Our Money California passes Public Banking Act into law … Continue reading →
- There once was a river …an allegorical tale November 18, 2019Written and narrated by Thomas H. Greco, Jr. There once was a river that flowed through an arid land, and though rainfall was scant and infrequent, the river provided an abundance of cool, fresh, sweet water with which the people … Continue reading →
- Spanish Edition of The End of Money and the Future of Civilization November 5, 2019I’ve waited ten years for it to happen but I’m delighted to announce that, thanks to the efforts of translator Enric Montesa and publisher Julio Fernández, my book, The End of Money and the Future of Civilization, is now available … Continue reading →
- Politics and the people October 28, 2019I’ve rarely had any enthusiasm for any candidate for federal political office, Democrat or Republican, because I know they have all be bought off by the power elite whose agenda is to dominate and exploit at any cost. What I … Continue reading →
- My latest interview on Ellen Brown’s podcast, It’s Our Money October 18, 2019In Ellen’s October 10 podcast, on which I was the featured guest, I argue that our best hope for escaping the tyranny of the global banking cartel lies in creating a decentralized network of exchange in which credit is locally … Continue reading →
- How to get the job done! October 10, 2019Several months ago while hiking in Sabino Canyon near Tucson I noticed out of the corner of my eye something astonishing. Fortunately, I happened to have my phone with me so I recorded it. I’ve recently taught myself some video … Continue reading →
- 2019 September Newsletter September 12, 2019Contents Website improvements Recent posts Who owns the world The Secrets of Silicon Valley: What Big Tech Doesn’t Want You to Know _________________________________ Website improvements We’ve recently made some major improvements to our websites. Our WordPress service on BeyondMoney.net has … Continue reading →
- The empire vs. journalism and free speech September 5, 2019As Julan Assange continues to languish in the maximum security Belmarsh Prison in London, a movement of journalists and supporters of free speech continues to build. The mainstream media did not report it, but a few days ago “Legendary musician … Continue reading →
- Make America sane again August 29, 2019Now is the time for the American people to stand up and use their power to challenge the political establishment, to oust the war mongers, and to join together in demanding a government that is committed to promoting the common … Continue reading →
- Fasten your seat belts… December 5, 2019