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Occupy money : creating an economy where everybody wins / Margit Kennedy with Stephanie Ehrenschwendner; foreword by Charles Eisenstein ; translated by Philip Beard.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Gabriola Island, B.C. New Society Publishers, 2012Description: xviii, 109 s. diagrISBN:
  • 9780865717312
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.4 23/swe
Other classification:
  • Qaea
Contents:
Ch. 1. A systemic defect and its consequences. The pathological growth imperative -- More money assets mean more debt -- Hidden interest charges -- The rich get richer, the poor get poorer -- The inexorable depreciation of money -- The power of the global casino -- Our shackled minds-a crucial problem.?Ch. 2. Escaping the monetary crisis. Interest-free lending: alternatives within the present system -- Demurrage in place of interest -- Historical solutions and their applicability today -- Diversity trumps uniformity -- Ethical investment and transparent banking -- Tried and tested concepts for different purposes -- Time banks -- Parallel currencies -- Regional money -- Proposals for new money concepts -- Laws-the straightjacket of the system.?Ch. 3. Sustainable money-an idea whose time has come. The need for mass participation -- The magic formula: smaller organizational units -- New sustainable money needs "old" money -- The advantages of a sustainable money system
Summary: Occupy money makes the case for a stable and sustainable monetary system that reflects real wealth instead of the smoke and mirrors of speculative profit

Translated from the German

Ch. 1. A systemic defect and its consequences. The pathological growth imperative -- More money assets mean more debt -- Hidden interest charges -- The rich get richer, the poor get poorer -- The inexorable depreciation of money -- The power of the global casino -- Our shackled minds-a crucial problem.?Ch. 2. Escaping the monetary crisis. Interest-free lending: alternatives within the present system -- Demurrage in place of interest -- Historical solutions and their applicability today -- Diversity trumps uniformity -- Ethical investment and transparent banking -- Tried and tested concepts for different purposes -- Time banks -- Parallel currencies -- Regional money -- Proposals for new money concepts -- Laws-the straightjacket of the system.?Ch. 3. Sustainable money-an idea whose time has come. The need for mass participation -- The magic formula: smaller organizational units -- New sustainable money needs "old" money -- The advantages of a sustainable money system

Occupy money makes the case for a stable and sustainable monetary system that reflects real wealth instead of the smoke and mirrors of speculative profit

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