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Life Without Money

robino — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:06:45 +0000

Life Without Money - Building Fair and Sustainable Economies is a book written from a scientific perspective on the possibilities, potential and benefits of Moneyless societies. It is written by a collective of authors who all look into this question from a different perspective. Some articles look at the urge of why we need to look at moneyless solutions, while others explore the possibilities. You can order the book online.

Gift Economy

robino — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:19:40 +0000

The gift economy is the oldest existing form of exchange between people. It is based on giving without expecting anything in return. It is the way of life, the air we breath and edible food we used to find. It is circulating by nature, think of what we give back simply by breathing or pooing. Plants grow from that.

Living without money at Twin Oaks

robino — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 09:40:52 +0000

Is there a place in the world where you can live without money? Yes, in fact there are many. One of these places is Twin Oaks, an eco-village and intentional community in North America. Most members of this community do not touch or deal with money at all. Twin Oaks has been around since the late 1960's. We asked one long time member and personal friend, Paxus, to talk about it.

Decentralizing basic income: basicincome.co

guaka — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:12:13 +0000

I recently bumped into basicincome.co, an attempt to create a basic income through a cryptocurrency. Currently there is a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to accelerate the project. Here are some questions I asked its creator Johan Nygren.

Moneyless world

guaka — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 16:55:08 +0000

A moneyless society is a very utopian idea. Nevertheless human beings were living in a world without money at some point in the past. According to Wikipedia money emerged already around 12,000 BC. Though the first coins have been created quite a bit later. As many other concepts such as insurance, banknotes have first come up in China. The first banknotes were merchant receipts of deposit in the 7th century.

Basic income

admin — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:02:59 +0000

There's a good case to be made for a global basic income. An unconditional basic income for all means that every citizen would get a fixed amount of money, every month or every week. This would alleviate poverty and even that would already create so much prosperity that it's worth striving for.

Social money

robino — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:05:56 +0000

Social money is a concept of money under direct (as opposed to parliamentary) democratic control by people. Other terms are also complementary money. It's a currency that exists on a local level. The idea is to keep money under control of people and thus taking care of local economic development.

Bartering

robino — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:02:11 +0000

Bartering is a simple and cheap exchange of goods and services between people. Bartering is also recommended if you want to live without money or if you want to save money. Bartering is also a fantastic way to get new stuff and it can be a good alternative to the monetary economy.