Here’s an excellent video that packs a lot of information into six short minutes, and does it in a way that is clear and comprehensible. It’s a good example of effective communication that I hope we can emulate to describe the problem of money, banking, finance and debt. — t.h.g.
The first edition of my book, The End of Money and the Future of Civilization, was published by Chelsea Green Publishing in 2009. While it remains
as relevant today as it was when first published the printed book has been out of print for several years. But, having had the rights reverted to me by my publisher, I am making the entire book available for free in PDF format. You can read it or download it HERE. If you would like a hard copy of the first edition used copies can still be found on Amazon.com, Abe books, Thrift books and elsewhere.
Better still, you can avail yourself of the new revised and expanded 2024 edition which I have been working on for almost two years and is almost complete. Eighteen chapters have already been posted and can be freely read or download HERE.
My previous books, as published, may be freely accessed in digital format by clicking the title below.
Money: Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender (2001)
New Money For Healthy Communities (1994)
Money and Debt: a Solution to the Global Crisis (1980)
Collectors may find used and some new print copies of my books as published, on amazon.com and elsewhere online. Start by clicking on the title below:
Money: Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender (2001)
Beyond Money
Beyond Money 
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In 2012 there is an average of 2.1 hectares of land and 5.2 hectares of sea surface per person on the planet. Thereof 2500 square meters of arable land and 7000 square meters of forest.On the 7.3 hectares 100 gigawatt-hours of solar energy per year are available. If we manage to use 1 promille of this energy we have as much energy per person on the planet as every American uses today. Today most of industrial resources, intelligence, and labor go into warfare, consumer products, non-productive services and myriads of other very doubtful activities like advertisement and and fonds management. If we invest a much bigger part of these resources into a inspiring, playful and comprehensive agriculture, we will produce food in incredible abundance and quality. Let’s say twenty percent of the population will again be directly involved in food production! That would be a game changer.
Please! Climate change is not the true problem! Our system is the problem! We don’t have to fight climate change, we have to establish a new, sustainable socio-economic system that allows free science and art, the true liberation of creativity. Stop growing fear! All we have to fear is our own imprisonment in a political and economic system that is totally inhuman, that is at its core a hymn on fear, ignorance and violence.
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I fully agree. Let’s stop wasting our energies and talents on feeding a cancerous system that is destroying us.
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I don’t know if you’ve seen it, Tom, but I distilled a bunch of stuff from your ‘End of Money’ and a couple of other sources here:
It’s a five part series. People say it’s helped them understand what’s going on. It might be a useful place to start if you want to put together a short video like the one above, or a series of short videos.
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Thanks Tom, but the video has the dominant point of view of Irresponsibility. I have a small orchard at home, I grow my own food and it takes so little of land to produce soooo much. Nature is Generosity and Abundance. Industrial food looks like food but it is a chemical byproduct. We need Food Responsibility, this will take care of the Planet as well.
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Thanks for posting this. However… We’re concerned that anyone would pretend to seriously address the issues around food supply without speaking directly about overpopulation. NO diet change, improvement in technology, improvement in farming practices or improvement in distribution will keep pace with a human population that is growing beyond the earth’s capacity to support.
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