The dystopian world of George Orwell’s, 1984, and Aldus Huxley’s, Brave New World, has been creeping up on us for a very long time. Now it’s coming on at a gallop and seems bound to cross the finish line in just a few short strides. Its pounding hooves shake the earth as they grind into dust truth, privacy, human rights, and all that humans hold sacred. The heat and stench from the monsters fiery breath give fair warning that it means to consume whatever stands in its way. Like the temptation of Jesus by Satan, it promises us the world, but at the price of our very souls. Read the full article here or on Medium.
This is a heads up to inform you of an important upcoming virtual event in which I will be a featured presenter. It is the annual convention of the International Reciprocal Trade Association (IRTA), the premier organization for the commercial trade exchange industry and a leading force for monetary and financial innovation.
The theme of this year’s convention is Navigating the Future, something that is becoming increasingly problematic for businesses and individuals alike, especially in the wake of the massive economic disruptions of the past several months. But every crisis brings with it opportunities, both for good and for ill, and we will need to choose wisely.
The presenter lineup is the most diverse and interesting to date, and brings together knowledgeable experts representing all aspects of the exchange revolution, including commercial, grassroots, for-profit, non-profit, and technologies like crypto currencies and blockchain.
The convention will convene virtually over three days, September 23rd-25th, 2020, for four hours each day. You can see the entire list of presenters and the full program schedule at the convention website: https://irta.pathable.co/.
My interactive session, titled “Get Ready to Play in the Butterfly Economy,” is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 24th at 1:45 PM Eastern time (10:45 AM, Pacific and Arizona time).
Here are some convention highlights: Michael Terpin, the “Godfather of Crypto & Blockchain” will be the Keynote Speaker!
Other presenters will include:
Giuseppe Literra, Founder of Sardex & Local Pay, Sardinia, Italy
Will Ruddick, social entrepreneur and founder of the Grassroots Economics Foundation
Dariusz Brzozowiec, Co-Author, University Research Paper on Economic Security of Regions During the Covid-19 Period in Poland.
And, of course, yours truly.
Because of the key role that the exchange of value plays in the lives of every person on Earth, and in light of the evident failures of existing systems of money, banking and finance, anyone can benefit from participation in this IRTA convention. Don’t miss it!
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.
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This video report from Alex Krainer harmonizes with what I’ve been arguing for mamy years. The fragility and faults of the centralized global debt-money regime, combined with the imperial overreach of the US and western allies are bringing the matter … Continue reading →
I recently viewed the video. Yanis Varoufakis: Iran War Collapses U.S. Neoliberal Economy, an interview by Glenn Diesen. Varoufakis does a very good job of exposing the fragility of the neoliberal economic model and its inability to withstand a major … Continue reading →
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Virtually everyone senses that there is something drastically wrong with the state of our world. Many rail against the governments, institutions, and people that they hold responsible for the various aspects they recognize as unfair, unsustainable, destructive, and utterly inhuman. … Continue reading →
In 2013 I wrote an article that was published in the online academic journal, Internet Journal of Community Currency Research (IJCCR). That article, Taking Moneyless Exchange to Scale: Measuring and Maintaining the Health of a Credit Clearing System, was intended … Continue reading →
Upon the recent completion and publication of my new Chapter 20—Exchange, Finance, and the Store of Value, for the revised edition of my book, The End of Money and the Future of Civilization, I loaded it into NotebookLM and asked … Continue reading →
I subscribe to Alex Krainer’s Trend Compass channel on Substack, as well as his YouTube channel. Krainer provides historical lessons which highlight persistent patterns that impact our lives today. He recently published a two part essay on the West under … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
