On Friday, June 25, 2010, I delivered a 2-hour workshop titled "The Collapse of Empire: The Future of Community" to the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, Michigan. The workshop went well, but the room initially appeared to be double booked, as the U.S. Green Party was having an annual meeting in the same building. Despite the fact that my session was ( Read more... )

I hear there is a Local Currency Conference ( Read more... )

It occurred to me this fall that money may be a saddle function ( Read more... )

An Overview of the Money Crisis ( Read more... )

Here are just a few thoughts and reflections on the nature of money ( Read more... )

I've been reading Thomas Greco's book "Money: Understanding [Money] and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender", 2001. At the same time, I've been doing much reading on the interenet, having a few conversations, and doing quite a bit of thinking about money. The research has been so rich, that I wish to push on, even though I could write a fairly ( Read more... )

Note: This article may not be complete, but I'm posting now so I can work on the next article -- AW ( Read more... )

Inventing a New Economic Future using Local Currencies
One of the major problems with money is that it is used to motivate unethical, dangerous, or damaging actions ( Read more... )

International Local Community Currency Conference Summit
This is a design proposal for an international conference and summit focused on local currency, community currency, complementary currency and additional ways to fine tune the money supply and spending withing communities, regions or states ( Read more... )

A local currency is one that allows barter or trade to continue between a small(ish) group of people. The two most well known examples in the USA are Ithaca Hours and BerkShares. Local currencies have been used often, most especially in communities with high unemployment rates, and during generally tough economic times ( Read more... )