Economy: The New Paradigm
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The Future of Monetary Policy Whereas monetary policy in the euro zone is steered centrally by the European Central Bank (ECB), fiscal policy in the euro zone remains solely within the purview of the 17 euro zone countries. At the Kiel Institute Policy Lunch at the Hertie School of Governance, Paul de Grauwe and Joachim Scheide will discuss whether this situation forces the ECB to act differently from the national central banks in the euro zone countries. more... German Economy Overcomes Recent Stagnancy — Domestic Demand Drives Production above Normal Capacity Levels
How Can Business-to-Business Trade Networks Build Local Resilience? « emergent by design
Over the past year, I’ve been exploring the many examples out there of communities forming peer-to-peer networks in order to rebuild local economies, resilience and trust. These range from gift economies to barter groups, from loyalty programs to mutual credit systems. The latter, mutual credit systems, is the focus of this post. The oldest mutual credit system still in operation today (of which I am aware) is the WIR , based in Switzerland, which was created in 1934 due to currency shortages after the stock market crash of 1929. The WIR is managed by the WIR-bank, a cooperative owned by the businesses using it.It's Time for Entrepreneurs to Shift and Reset - Forbes
image via TechBubble It’s time for more entrepreneurs to reset their focus, and shift their thinking to completely different ways of doing things. Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with improved usability, one more wind-farm energy generator with a few more blades, or one more dating site with a new dimension of compatibility. Serious changes and great successes don’t come from linear thinking. In searching for ways to get this message out, I came across a no excuse, no apology, new book by Brian Reich, called “ Shift and Reset ,” which makes some excellent points on ways to increase the range of change in a person’s thinking, or an organization’s results. Here are some key principles that he espouses and I support:
Many people think that capitalism and market economics grew out of materialist philosophy that classical physics has given us.
Toward a Spiritual Economics | Reality Sandwich
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Meet the Movement for a New Economy by Gar Alperovitz
Symbionomics: The Film
While many see the recession as another blip in the business cycle, we see a deeper transformation- perhaps as profound as the Industrial Revolution. Whether we are talking about fundamental notions of property or that which motivates us to work in the first place, today new social patterns are emerging that better serve our networked world.
On a community currency related Skype chat that I’m a part of, there’s been a conversation that cycles around now and again about how the various national jurisdictions respond to community currencies, how they are likely to try and shut them down (as they did in the 30′s), and what to do about. Arthur Brock responded saying: “I think the most effective way to avoid being shut down (or even taxed for that matter) by the powers that be is to operate using non-monetary currencies that don’t look like money or compete in the same space as money. We use dozens of these a day and they’ll never be able to even attempt to shut all of these types of things down.” Synchronisticly I had just seen an article on the “The game-based economy” which I think neatly illustrates Arthur’s point.
A story about expressive capacity « flow
New Economy, New Wealth on Prezi Absolutely brilliant (prezi) presentation by Arthur Brock, which reframes the whole of economic history through successfull ever broader reframings.
New Economy, New Wealth - Alan Alves Fortes' posterous
Transitioning 2 New Economy
Amazing 20 mins presentation. Get the rules of the New Economy. by Feb 25
Imagine an economy in which life is valued more than money and power resides with ordinary people who care about one another, their community, and their natural environment.
Living Economies Forum
New Economy Working Group The mission of the New Economy Working Group (NEWGroup) is to contribute to reframing the economic policy debate to address the social and environmental imperatives and opportunities of the 21st Century.
New Economy Working Group | Equitable economies for a living earth.
A Declaration of Independence from Wall Street Nearly two years after the economic meltdown joblessness and foreclosures are still endemic, Wall Street executives are once again getting massive bonuses, and there doesn’t seem to be the will in Washington to make desperately needed fundamental changes to the economy.
Agenda for a New Economy - from phantom wealth to real wealth
More Governments Show Interest in New Economic Yarsdsticks
“It’s the economy, stupid,” Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign advisors famously declared. Today, more governments might add nuance: “It’s about well-being.” Prosperity, to be sure, but prosperity with a purpose. Economic Advance (credit: Grand Velas) Recently, China and the United Kingdom were added to the growing list of governments interested in redefining the very purpose of economies.There has been much speculation recently about the role Facebook Credits could play in becoming a global virtual currency, and even the possibility of Facebook becoming a bank.
The Bank of Facebook: Currency, Identity, Reputation « emergent by design
The following video series was recorded at the Future Of Money and Technology Summit in San Francisco on February 28, 2011.
Monetizing Intangible Capital
collective intelligence
Network for those interested in collective intelligence and new monetary systems. Tons of resources in the video section and the CI Media library by Feb 25
The flowplace
A system to generate wealth together. The first in its kind. Opensource. For communities to implement the currencies (in all levels of wealth). by Feb 25