I want to alert us to a few possibilities that I'm working on. These include editing online content (summarizing the IT impact of regulations, or presenting...
Now home from an amazing trip to Sri Lanka which began with a 2 day workshop to help the 50 year old NGO 'Sarvodaya' to design a new community currency system...
Greetings, The Worldwide Database of Complementary Currency Systems (ccDatabase) now has 69 systems registered. To visit the ccDatabase and register your...
Greetings, The Worldwide Database of Complementary Currency Systems (ccDatabase) now has 69 systems registered. To visit the ccDatabase and register your...
Stephen de Meulenaere has rightly asked me to point out that the local costs of the currency workshop in Sri Lanka were funded by Strohalm's MicroGrant Program...
Regarding units of time as currency: 1- Here, in Florida, we have a minimum wage established by law (a little better than the US federal standard) and so in a...
Thanks to Kevin Parcell for a stimulating contribution to our debates about currency. It all goes back to purpose. What are we setting out to ACHIEVE with the...
Hi John It's very satisfying to see a reply posted quickly, and so I want to keep the ball rolling. Thus, let me first apologize if I violate any of the...
Recently, we had very thoughtful discussion at Minciu_Sodas_EN about how to measure a society's happiness or well-being. I alert us (and especially Chris...
Thanks I have fired off a mail sugegsting that such indices are already available I am currently developing a slightly different game or survey, which I...
I overview the direction that I'm pursuing for our laboratory. I am writing several proposals. You will see that a lot of opportunity is opening up. I...
So, thanks for your quick response too Kevin. I take my responsibility as 'openly leading' this 'thinking laboratory' seriously to mean facilitating debate...
Anrdrius mentioned a discussion on measuring happiness. The leading thinker on this subject in the UK is Richard Layard of the London School of Econmics. You...
Hi John, Kevin and all, I am not qualified to talk about community currencies as my work is to generate the political will to apply peacefully the drastic...
Hi Benoit, Our President, George Bush, says that we are addicted to oil, but when all a man has to drink is wine, we can not say that he drinks wine because he...
John Thank you for the clarification. I look forward to your response. Respectfully, kevin http://homepage.mac.com/forever.net ... === message truncated === ...
Lucas, Local marketplaces can survive regional quarantines. Here is one definition of community: people who depend on each other for their daily bread. By...
So I will attempt to summarise the thinking we have developed around the subject of CCs as an aid to the practical development work we do with community...
Friends and Colleagues, I have been following this discussion quietly for some time. My principal interests are in a energy questions and give-away economies,...
... How fast could cc be started? From need to use? Could we imagine a template that could be built as soon as there's a need? A kind of emergency-cc? A...
John, Benoit, Tom, et al, I'll reply now to your comments, lest the discussion grow stale, and hope that others will continue to feel free to enter into this...
Kevin, I need to be very careful if I am not to confuse you hopelessly. We are not talking about similar economies. I expected that community currencies...
Kevin, I do not want to give the impression that I know as much about micro-economics as you do. I read Samuelson years ago and have avoided the subject...
Hi Tom ... Thank you. We are not talking about similar ... If someone finds it interesting to carry a heavy load, such as air-traffic control, then they might...
Tom, After listening so long in silence you quickly post three comments. I take it I've put a burr under your saddle. ... You'd have to define the term for...
Kevin, Evidently, you are a very fine debater. I cannot hope to compete with you rhetorically nor would I try. I have tried to point out in a gentle sort of...
I just noticed that Schumacher's chart is not displayed properly in Internet Explorer. If you are not using Mozilla's Firefox, simply imagine the table broken...
Finally, the URLs for the papers did not survive Yahoo. They are "On the Conservation-within-Capitalism Scenario " http://dematerialism.net/CwC.html "The...
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