We tend to assume that we must have a single, monopolistic currency, funded through bank debt, enforced by a central bank. But we don’t need any such thing ! In fact, the present system is outdated, brittle and unfit for purpose (witness the eurozone crisis). Like any other monoculture, it’s profitable at first but ultimately a recipe for economic and environmental disaster. The alternative is a monetary ‘ecosystem’, with complementary currencies alongside the conventional one.
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Bernard Lietaer : About ‘Money and Sustainability’
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Publication d’un nouvel ouvrage "Money and Sustainability"
Posté le jeudi 7 juin 2012
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