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A Little Humor I found...

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Added by Karl Harris on December 3, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Ideas... Ok, maybe just ramblings...

We want to expand the usage of CES. What group of people would be able to learn a new system the quickest? Who would be the most willing to adapt and accept a new type of currency? The answer is children and young people. One of the areas that I feel our current educational system is the most lacking in is financial matters. Why not teach them by exposing them early to a system such as CES. A parent could, according to their discretion hire their children to do chores or get an allowance and pa… Continue

Added by Karl Harris on November 8, 2008 at 8:20pm — 4 Comments

CES, Me and a User Guide...

I started looking into CES almost a year ago - was intrigued - signed up - had questions - wasn't sure if it would contribute to the ideas/dreams I had. CES got shoved to the back of my mind while I pursued different diversions... I played around ideas for creating my own classified ad website using credits or points but each time I would run into one road block or another. I fell in and out of love with different web designs, programming languages, wiki engines, etc. During this time everyone… Continue

Added by Karl Harris on October 10, 2008 at 3:34am — 1 Comment

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Book review of "The End of Money and the Future of Civilization", by Thomas Greco

Book Review: The End of Money and the Future of Civilization

By Thomas H. Greco, Jr

Published by: Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, Vermont, USA (www.chelseagreen.com), 2009. ISBN 978-1-60358-078-6

Thomas Greco is the most radical writer on money today. The very title of the book suggests that the future of civilization depends on abandoning money-as-we-know-it. What could be more radical and revolutionary than that? Yet on readin… Continue

Posted by Tim Jenkin on November 24, 2009 at 10:30pm

Introducing COGS

The Point of COGS

COGS stands for Circle of Gifts, and is a complementary currency specifically designed to help local communities re-localise activities. The aim of re-localisation is to provide inhabitants with the possibility of an acceptable quality of life when traditional economic development fails, or their circumstances are against them.

We believe complementary currencies will become more important as energy supplies dwindle and impact the economic growth so essential for inter… Continue

Posted by Stephen Hinton on October 5, 2009 at 9:00am — 4 Comments

Mobilising The Real Wealth of Community - An Article by Alana Tobin

People around the world are increasingly concerned and even fearful about the present state of our economy and the real possibility of a recession turning into a depression. Having grown dependent upon an economic system which has increasingly failed us now our economy is in a rapid state of decline. As a growing number of people are losing their jobs and homes, many are finding themselves in rather precarious and even dire circumstances. Should the economy significantly worsen none of us likes… Continue

Posted by Alana on September 15, 2009 at 3:18am

US National Debt Clock: Real Time

Have a look at this. Quite incredible: http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Posted by Tim Jenkin on July 31, 2009 at 3:45pm — 2 Comments

The Method by which the Federal Reserve creates money out of nothing;

The Method by which the Federal Reserve creates money out of nothing; the concept of usury as the payment of interest on pretended loans; the true cause of the hidden tax called inflation; the way in which the Fed creates boom-bust cycles.

Interested? Read more here.. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/888963/posts

Posted by Richard on July 30, 2009 at 7:30pm