In terms of a Community Economy Development system – local finance inc. credit unions initiatives such as the Maleny Credit Union are an absolutely crucial part. This has been documented many times
In terms of a Community Economy Development system – local finance inc. credit unions initiatives such as the Maleny Credit Union are an absolutely crucial part. This has been documented many times
Came across an interesting book title. Now that could shake up our thinking!
[url=http://www.lifewithoutmoney.info/]Life Without Money[/url]: Building Fair and Sustainable Economies
Do we need money?
Got this from Money Morning:
Rumours are flying in Europe that the Irish are printing punts and the Germans are printing Deutsche Marks.
Those rumours have been officially denied. But the fact that a
BrisLETS is active in Brisbane and has some members locally in The Grove.
We should trade more locally get to know each other.
I borrowed this book and have to give it back but it is an outstanding source of understanding and ideas about currency.
The Future of Money: Creating New Wealth Work and a Wiser World.
J has been looking into community currencies.
The proposal at this stage is to use a Joomla software provider to (slightly) adapt software being used for some other organisations to provide a community
[url=http://www.realecontv.com/videos/post-collapse/after-the-it-hits-the-fan-.html]Barter Club[/url] in Argentina an example of how a country is surviving after its economy has collapsed.
5th most traded currency in the world
5% of worldwide foreign exchange
1815 first coinage issued in NSW
First in world to be printed on polymer substrate instead of paper.
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From: Brasscheck TV
Subject: How “fiat money” is strangling the world
There’s no shortage of villains in the story of our curent economic distress…
The Fed Wall Street investment
She ran some workshops on this last year.
“It is this built-in scarcity [of money] which drives human societies to convert the commons and natural resources to money. It is the interest burden