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Guns, Energy, and the Coin of the Realm

July 12, 2017 by Bart Hawkins Kreps

As David Graeber’s Debt explains in detail, the ability to force people to acquire and use the ruler’s currency has, throughout history, been a key mechanism for extracting tribute from subject populations. In today’s global economy, that is why the pricing of oil in dollars has been so important for the US.

Categories Economy, Energy Tags American politics, financial system, geopolitics Leave a comment

On Doing Well, Part 2

December 15, 2020July 12, 2016 by Josh Davis

There was a time in this country’s history when knowledge of the fundamentals of the monetary system was wide spread among the common citizens, not just Wall Street financiers and academic economists.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Economy Tags building resilient communities, financial system, money, new economy, solidarity economy Leave a comment

Continuing With The Insanity

December 15, 2020November 24, 2014 by Roger Boyd

A few stories from a single issue of the Financial Times show how little things have changed, and how few lessons have been learned, since the 2008 financial crisis.

Categories Economy Tags banking, financial crisis, financial system, risk Leave a comment

You can’t taper a Ponzi scheme: Time to reboot

December 15, 2020July 28, 2014 by Ellen Brown

Ideally, we might mimic the ancient Mesopotamians, the oldest and most long-lasting civilization in history, and devise an economic system that lasts for millennia.

Categories Economy Tags financial system, public banks, shadow banking system Leave a comment

Breaching the monetary Matrix: Five exercises to help you understand money

December 15, 2020July 21, 2014 by Brett Scott

Like everyone else you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch, a prison for your mind.

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Essential Knowledge for Transition: Financial System and Local Investing

December 15, 2020March 7, 2014 by Marco Vangelisti

The first in a 3-part series of teleseminars on economic transformation by Marco Vangelisti.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Economy Tags financial system, new economy, Slow Money Leave a comment

Avoiding the Carbon Crash: reform the financial system now

December 15, 2020February 10, 2014 by Roger Boyd

The scale of emission reductions required to meaningfully impact Climate Change will result in economic stagnation or contraction. This will render much of the financial system non-viable, greatly exacerbating the economic problems.

Categories Environment Tags degrowth, emission reductions, financial system Leave a comment

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