A 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.
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Few people in the world today are able to see that infinite growth on a finite planet is a physical impossibility, and most of those who do are unwilling to acknowledge it or face up to it. The one person I know of who is best able make the case for that fact is Dr. […]Will unseen forces put things right again?11d ago
This latest from Alex Krainer suggests that they will. https://open.substack.com/pub/trendcompass/p/the-invisible-order?r=1ift4&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=webPutting your money where your values are1mo ago
Redirecting our savings is an essential complement to creating independent local liquidity through private community currencies and credit clearing networks. If you want to use your savings in ways that align with your values, Community Investing 101 is a great place to start. JeExistential threats define the course of the present war1mo ago
Robert Pape, Professor of political scientist at the University of Chicago, understands international conflicts better than anyone I’ve yet encountered. In his recent post to his Substack, Why the Ceasefire Keeps Failing, he clearly describes that, in the present conflict betwee Money, War, and the Economics of Peace1mo ago
The video included below is deficient in several respects and its short duration limits both the scope and debth of its coverage in explaining the main concepts and proposals that form the substance of my most important work. Despite that, it provides a reasonably good first stepAn Open Message to David Kucinich2mo ago
Dear Dennis, I applaud your longstanding efforts on behalf of reason, peace, and monetary reform. But you must realize by now that reform is utterly impossible given the extreme centralization of monetary, financial, economic, and political power in the hands of global oligarchs.Cached hourly. Click a post to read on the source site.