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Description From the Wikipedia: "In his 1996 work Coming into Being: Artifacts and Texts in the Evolution of Consciousness, Thompson applied an approach that was similar to his 1981 book to many other artifacts, cultures and historical periods. A notable ...
As a result, within 13,5 months the free schillings circulated 463 times, generating a turnover of 2.283.840 Schillings. On top of that, unemployment dropped by 25%, income from local taxes grew by 35%, and investment in public works rose by 220%. The ‘circulation fee’ comprised 658 Schillings, all of which were spent on public works.
Groupthink is a term coined by psychologist Irving Janis in 1972 to describe one process by which a group can make bad or irrational decisions. In a groupthink situation, each member of the group attempts to conform his or her opinions to what they believe to be the consensus of the group.
Daniel Bitton: "When immediate return nomadic big game hunting and gathering – which is one of the most efficient forms of subsistence – is no longer viable, people start focusing on other types of hunting and gathering practices – so-called “intensification” strategies, that are more work – things like focusing on shellfish ...
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- The Way Forward, A P2P Commentary
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- The Open Money Software Playing Field: An Overview
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The Five Monetary Reforms Movement Active Today
The following typology and citations, come from Brett Scott . Please note that we believe all these movements bring something useful to the table, they are not mutually exclusive. Our interest for the moment is into category five below, i.e. scalable crypto-currencies based on mutual credit, or backed by assets that indicate their limited use linked to planetary boundaries. First, a reminder, how is money created today ? Bret Scott writes: "Our money system is underpinned by national central...
1. Bernard Lietaer: "Specifically, I believe that we need to support the introduction and expansion of three different kinds of currencies alongside our national currencies: (1) an inflation-proof global complementary currency designed to stabilize the world economy; (2) business-to-business currencies designed to counteract the effects of conventi...
The P2P Foundation supports the direct social production of money, such as for example through Open Money and other P2P Exchange Infrastructure Projects systems. This marvellous presentation by Robin Uptonexplains how this can work. Key distinctions: Currencies ; Free Currencies ; Wealth For starters, read Eric Harris-Braun key argument: Why Moneta...
“The technologies of community credit have reached the point where the experience of creating a credit facility is a lot like creating a website. You don’t need any prior technical experience; if you want a website, you can go to WordPress or Squarespace or the like, sign up for an account, start making your design decisions, and within two hours y...
"What we are being asked to reconsider is our perception that money runs the world exclusively. While it is “the one metric to rule them all”, it isn’t actually – and never has been – sufficient for running functioning societies or even markets by itself. Consider the emergence of labels like “organic”, “free-range”, “GMO-free”, “grass-fed”, etc. i...
Michael Linton: Money as Matter vs Money as Information Raymond Aitken: 1. Money derives from credit, not barter: Money is a Creature of Fiscal Accounting and Law 1. On the Distinction Between Money and Currency: "The fallacy of money being a thing with intrinsic value, instead of a social relationship" 1. Fiduciary vs Fiat Notions of Money Othe...
Funding for Open Money and Complementary Currencies infrastructures via: the Fund for Complementary Currencies 1. The Re-Inventing Money site, at http://reinventingmoney.com/ 2. The Book: "Money; A Mirror Image Of The Economy" by Dr. J.W. Smith - full text at http://IED.info/books/money Applying Henry George’s philosophy across the economic spectru...
This is part of a larger comparative review by Bill Kelly. Featured are the views of Ken Wilber, Jean Gebser, and William Irving Thompson. Discussion Bill Kelly: "On what issues then do they actually disagree? Thompson believes the mythopoeic imagination
