by Tim Jenkin | 25 Jan 2016 | Alternative Exchange Systems
By David Bollier. Photo credit: epSos.de via Foter.com / CC BY. Article cross-posted from Bollier.org. One of the more complicated, mostly unresolved issues facing most commons is how to assure the independence of commons when the dominant systems of finance, banking...
by Tim Jenkin | 22 Dec 2015 | Alternative Exchange Systems
What is a currency? Most of us use the term interchangeably with money, though money is more generic and a currency is the specific money used in a particular country or area. We also tend to think of a currency as the actual physical medium of exchange that...
by CES Admin | 28 Nov 2015 | Alternative Exchange Systems
by The Biomimicry Institute | Nov 4, 2015 | Biomimicry in Business, Blog By Jamie Brown-Hansen “Anytime you want to understand something, [like] why is such-and-such happening, why is there a biodiversity crisis, or why are we drilling for more oil when it’s polluting...
by CES Admin | 19 Nov 2015 | Alternative Exchange Systems
by Graham Barnes Originally from Feasta There appear to be four main ‘flavours’ of motivations driving new currency innovation: a) deprecatory: informed by a view that mainstream fiat money is toxic and a better form can be usefully invented b) economic: driven by the...
by CES Admin | 18 Oct 2015 | Alternative Exchange Systems
Originally published in Feasta by Graham Barnes Introduction Mainstream money, largely because of the way it is issued, rented out and (mis)allocated into first use, is a primary driver of inequality, unfairnesses, poor productivity and environmental damage. Somehow...
by Tim Jenkin | 19 Jun 2013 | Alternative Exchange Systems
…. That is the Wrong Question Humanity is confronted with many converging crises that together present a challenge greater than anything faced before. These include resource depletion, resource wars, climate change, environmental pollution and destruction,...
