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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Alex Krainer’s latest message reports some truly atrocious behavior on the part of the United States with regard to the treatment of athletes entering the country for the FIFA football/soccer tournament. Read it yourself at https://open.substack.com/pub/trendcompass/p/the-geopoliThe Financial Economy is Not the Real Economy11d ago
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?20d 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 war2mo 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 Peace2mo 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 stepCached hourly. Click a post to read on the source site.