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Money is an agreement within a community to use something as a medium of exchange.
The Future of Money (2001)
In essence, money is a lifeblood flowing through ourselves, our society, our global human community, and should be acknowledged and treated consciously.
The money system is bad for social and environmental sustainability... [and] ...bad for the money system itself. Unless we fundamentally restructure it, we cannot achieve monetary stability.
The issuing city/region requires payment from each household of, say, 10 Civics/quarter...
Money and Sustainability, The Missing Link, The Club of Rome - EU Chapter to Finance Watch and the World Business Academ (2012)
Money is like an iron ring we've put through our noses. We've forgotten that we designed it, and it's now leading us around. I think it's time to figure out where we want to go--in my opinion toward sustainability and community--and then design a money system that gets us there.
Here’s our systemic solution in a nutshell
Money and Sustainability, The Missing Link, The Club of Rome - EU Chapter to Finance Watch and the World Business Academ (2012)
Greece continues to use the euro for all international business: tourism, shipping, exports and imports, etc. Taxes are levied in euros on profits made in these activities, and used to service the country’s national debt.
Money and Sustainability, The Missing Link, The Club of Rome - EU Chapter to Finance Watch and the World Business Academ (2012)
In this new Millennium, we are being challenged by four megatrends that are converging upon us over the next twenty years, namely
The Future of Money : Creating New Wealth, Work and a Wiser World (2001)
An unprecedented growth in the number of elderly (the Age Wave')
The Future of Money : Creating New Wealth, Work and a Wiser World (2001)
While economic textbooks claim that people and corporations are competing for markets and resources... in reality they are competing for money - using markets and resources to do so. So designing new money systems really amounts to redesigning the target that orients much human effort.
Deep in our hearts, we all want to leave a better world for our children... However...despite some breakthroughs and the valiant efforts... the challenges to our planet and society are growing both in scope and severity with each passing decade.
In pre-Victorian England the world was oblivious of pollution, greenhouse effects and overpopulation. Nationalism, competition, endless growth and colonisation were encouraged. These values are what shaped the monetary and banking systems we inherited.
The Future of Money : Creating New Wealth, Work and a Wiser World (2001)