Thomas H. Greco Jr.

TheoristModernb. 1936· American

Independent scholar and the most rigorous modern theorist of mutual-credit and credit-clearing systems. The End of Money and the Future of Civilization and Beyond Money make the case that the credit-clearing function — not money itself — is what economies actually need. Direct intellectual ancestor of WIR Bank, Sardex, and Mutual Credit Services.

Key Ideas	Mutual creditcredit clearingpost-monetary exchange
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Works on Money2069

The End of Money and the Future of CivilizationExamines the problems of the current debt-based monetary system and proposes alternatives such as credit clearing and mutual credit.	Book
Beyond MoneyA long-running blog by community economist Thomas H. Greco Jr. — a 40+ year practitioner-scholar of complementary currencies and author of 'The End of Money and the Future of Civilization' (2009). Publishes essays advocating moneyless exchange, mutual-credit systems, and the restoration of the commons, in the Gesell-Riegel-Lietaer tradition.	Blog