Read the full article as published here. When talking about changing the world it is becoming a main stream notion that a good place to start is the economy. And when talking about changing the economy its not an insider idea anymore that our monetary regimes are the best place to start on that on. […]

An introduction to energy currencies and accounting. Written by my future NEF colleagues Josh Ryan-Collins and Tony Greeham, and my colleague in Berlin at the time Ludwig Schuster. Download the full PDF here. Modern interest-bearing bank-debt money creates the illusion of exponentially growing wealth and an unceasing demand for economic growth and/or inflation. In return, […]

Illustrating the distinction made beteen the terms “money” and “currency” in another article on this site, this Prezi-tation by Arthur Brock of the Metacurrency project offers a good segue into the next distinction of value and wealth:

The Swiss city of St. Gallen has aproved the designs for a time saving currency, geard to tackel the growing (financial) problem of elder care. The proposals comes from the neighbouring Talente Currencies in Vorarlberg, Austria (see earlier article here), where time savings could not be implemenented by governmental bodies because of legal and regulatory […]

This short explanation was requested manifold by those who heard me use this hairy little  neologisms of mine: “WEaseling”*. The term proved helpful in pointing to a phenomenon in groups and group-processes, that quickly creates a feeling of joint direction but, on the flip side, leads to disappointment and disengagement afterwards. Especially in groups that […]

Sporting a plethora of brilliant attributes and a track record of several world firsts in the sphere of new currencies, the Ven has been an issue of inspiration and discussion far afield. As with most currencies, user stories often illuminate as much of the currency design and mechanisms as driving a car illuminates about engineering. […]

  Meine Magisterarbeit in Philosphie und Wirstschaft aus dem Jahre 2009 kan hier als PDF heruntergeladen werden.

Weil im Artikel nicht bedacht, so doch wenigsten hier mein herzlichster Dank an Katja Ecker für die verbundene Begleitung und scharfsinnige logistische Unterstützung auf dem letzten Teil dieser Reise von Marokko nach Deutschland!   Dieser Artikel erschien im Allradler Magazin 02/2008    Artikel als PDF herunterladen