TEDxBerlin - Bernard Lietaer - 11/30/09. PICNIC '09: Money, Values and Structural Solutions to Today's Crisis with Henk van Arkel and Bernard Lietaer. Beyond Greed and Scarcity by Bernard Lietaer - alternative monetary systems. Few people have worked in and on the money system in as many different capacities as Bernard Lietaer. He spent five years at the Central Bank in Belgium, and he was president of Belgium's Electronic Payment System. posted Jun 30, 1997 He has helped developing countries improve their hard currency earnings and taught international finance at the University of Louvain, in his native Belgium.
Bernard Lietaer was also the general manager and currency trader for one of the largest and most successful offshore currency funds. He is currently a fellow at the Center for Sustainable Resources at the University of California at Berkeley. YES! SARAH : Why do you put so much hope into the development of alternative currencies? BERNARD : Money is like an iron ring we've put through our noses. SARAH : So you would say that the design of money is actually at the root of much else that happens, or doesn't happen, in society?
BERNARD : That's right. BERNARD : That's right. SARAH : Wow! BERNARD : You got it. Economics: What do you think about Bernard Lietaer ideas about complementary currencies. The Future of Money. Economic Crisis Currency Strategies and Solutions.