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2008-10-05
21:34 | vaxen: Wow...
2 Sept 2002! And today is Sunday 05 October 2008! And what has changed? Have you? | Is the cup half empty or half full? |
2008-10-04
22:40 | George@76.170.38.174: The liberty dollar was started some time
The liberty dollar was started some time ago in the USA as a metal based currency.
It is widely accepted by businesses in some areas of the country.
http://www.libertydollar.org/ | Wörgl's Stamp Scrip – The Threat of a Good Example? |
2008-10-04
19:30 | hp@79.233.115.117: Beyond Woergel
Have a look at Zeitgeist - Addendum! See you at TheVenusProject.com | Wörgl's Stamp Scrip – The Threat of a Good Example? |
2008-10-04
18:40 | Joshua Zeidner@70.162.31.8: article on local currencies
I wrote a fairly popular article on local currencies:
http://www.joshuazeidner.com/2008/03/in-we-we-trust-prospect-of-local.html | Wörgl's Stamp Scrip – The Threat of a Good Example? |
2007-06-10
08:23 | Maidul islam@203.88.64.203: interest free economy
I did not understand the whole thing but, i like the idea of interest free economy. | Governments could issue interest-free money |
2007-03-20
09:22 | bkwsu watch@88.212.176.103: BKWSU cult service front
Visions of a Better World Foundation and the Brahma Kumaris [BKs] are both the same people. the Visions for a Better World is a BKWSU service front. The joke is that they believe that the world is abo.. | Is the cup half empty or half full? |
2006-10-03
00:54 | Olmec Sinclair@202.49.144.240: Carbon Credits as an Alternate Currency
I like this idea of createing a currency that workd for us rather than the other way round. I have read extensively on this matter and am now seeking working examples to study. At present I am conside.. | Wörgl's Stamp Scrip – The Threat of a Good Example? |
2006-07-22
01:33 | penty@161.40.212.118: negative cash over time.
We already have a system like this just with different names.
Negative interest for holding money is called inflation, every month your money is worth a little less becasue of it, just like the sy.. | Wörgl's Stamp Scrip – The Threat of a Good Example? |
2004-12-14
23:47 | Tyler Jordan@141.76.1.121: alternative currencies
This is certainly the best system I've seen thus far for an alternative currency system. The flaw, as usual, isn't so much the system itself, it's the fact that the PTB will fight it tooth and nail an.. | Wörgl's Stamp Scrip – The Threat of a Good Example? |
2004-12-13
20:46 | b: Good Thoughts Martin
I guess that is why we humans seem to have an urge to be intoxicated. Dreary old newspapers. | Is the cup half empty or half full? |
2004-12-06
20:08 | Joe Kelley@4.35.198.178: Free Market
Please look here:
http://tmh.floonet.net/pdf/jwarren.pdf
Above is another example of what can happen in a society that manages to avoid forced exchange mediums.
To declare that negative intere.. | Wörgl's Stamp Scrip – The Threat of a Good Example? |
2003-08-25
12:07 | David B@66.160.47.100: Evil Exchange Based System?
What other way exists to meet your needs? Please, comment on this. Describe a system by which you meet your needs and wants that eliminates exchange? By this I mean a system under which you acquire .. | Wörgl's Stamp Scrip – The Threat of a Good Example? |
2002-12-20
06:28 | spiritseek: Connection
Predicting disaesters before they happen seem to be worth money.Predictions on this basis causes it to be so and feeds into our minds the negative view of the world. | Is the cup half empty or half full? |
2002-12-20
04:19 | altciv: Alternative Actions
Hi Martin -
Thanks for great ideas well expressed. I agree that the "one issue syndrdome" can miss the inter-relatedness of peoples, cultures, environments, etc. I would like to see all interested.. | The Proactive Revolution |
2002-09-04
17:47 | bonny sosa@24.237.79.148: Cup is half full
Because of individuals like Martin Oliver, I feel my cup is half full. Thanks for the article. It was worth acting on. Keep it up. | Is the cup half empty or half full? |
2002-09-02
23:33 | alchemist: 9/11/02 media boycott?
As a PS, maybe 11th September would be a good day to steer clear of the 8 page World Trade Centre supplements, and instead reflect on creating a future that is radically different from our past. | Is the cup half empty or half full? |
2002-08-27
22:15 | vaxen: Yes...
Martin...and thankyou very much for the link to VFP. Of course Iraq has already been attacked and there are major bases being built there even now...but this is hidden from the general publics awarene.. | US veterans return to Iraq to wage peace |
2002-08-21
21:41 | worldunity: Fantastic momentum...
hi everyone,
here we stand embracing this major change in our being and our planet, seeing the energies over america being synergized in love, even though the political leadership there is acting wit.. | The Proactive Revolution |
2002-08-15
20:25 | alchemist: Grassroots economic survival
If such local networks become large and strong enough to pay their participants a real wage, a big step has been taken towards economic sustainability. Such a wage could be paid in local currency, if .. | The challenge of rebuilding local subsistence economies |
2002-08-13
15:00 | istvan: Yes i agree with that
Yes we have let the new generations down, but so did our ancestors. Self centerdness is the main attribute of Homo sapien. | The challenge of rebuilding local subsistence economies |
2002-08-13
07:05 | cho: Let's start something!
*I'm only half kidding*
A spent part of yesterday in discussion with some of the young folk who've been part of the anti-globalization movement locally, university students who stayed and worked thro.. | The challenge of rebuilding local subsistence economies |
2002-08-13
01:07 | jazzolog: Lifted Gently, Ben
You've been bounced just the right number of times. Everything that comes across the Internet about you seems tremendously appealing to me. If only I had a job to offer! But I do have friendship..... | The challenge of rebuilding local subsistence economies |
2002-08-12
18:10 | cho: *Will this bounce up to the top?*
Thanks for this page.
Talking to a young friend last week about the history of NGOs in Canada, and how there had at one time been a whole network of "learner-centered" resource centers dealing with d.. | The challenge of rebuilding local subsistence economies |
2002-07-30
06:18 | chaiyah: Local skills banks.
Ithaca NY has been very successful in establishing their own currency economy. And we here in Pendletown County, West Virginia, truly need to do something like that as well. I hope someone with some e.. | The challenge of rebuilding local subsistence economies |
2002-07-30
04:19 | istvan: Basic, but essential
Thank you for gathering this useful information.My short philosophy is: If the basic needs are not attended to progress will not be achived toward new civilisations.
At present i can not think of any.. | The challenge of rebuilding local subsistence economies |
2002-07-17
00:15 | alchemist: Thanks
I'm glad it was useful. I think that now is the time to trace the world's many problems back to their common causes. The UK journalist George Monbiot deserves a mention for bringing this to my attenti.. | Bretton Woods and the path not taken |
2002-07-17
00:09 | alchemist: I appreciate the good feedback
The Ithaca 'Hour' is a good example of a well-functioning complimentary currency, and the amount of time Paul Glover has put into it is probably an important contributing factor.
I live about 30km .. | Wörgl's Stamp Scrip – The Threat of a Good Example? |
2002-07-04
07:36 | chaiyah: Alternative Currencies
...In the US I understand the largest is Ithaca Money, and that there are at this writing more than forty different community alternative currencies in the nation. Oh, but getting people interested is.. | Bretton Woods and the path not taken |
2002-07-04
04:36 | scottj: Very informative and useful. The most
vital point I get from this is that there is nothing in what we see today that is inevitable in the development of the world economy. The neoliberalists battle cry, first coined by Margaret Thatcher, .. | Bretton Woods and the path not taken |
2002-07-03
20:16 | vaxen: The rich get...
richer and 'usury' remains the king. Slavery is rampant under these systems and I suppose that to people who do not want to think at all but are content to be lied to and used in dispicable ways that .. | Bretton Woods and the path not taken |
2002-07-03
04:58 | chaiyah: Alternative Currencies
"Ithaca Money," from Ithaca, New York, is the largest "funny money" system in the US at present. It requires a lot of cooperation; and since Ithaca is a University town [Cornell is there], they have m.. | Wörgl's Stamp Scrip – The Threat of a Good Example? |
2002-06-26
14:31 | scottj: MV = PT?
Some really great stuff here and the links are worth serious study which I hope to find time for soon.
Negative interest rates has got to be the way to go. Interest payments on capital investment s.. | Wörgl's Stamp Scrip – The Threat of a Good Example? |
2002-06-26
06:24 | maxtobin: Welcome
So beautiful and rare to see common sense expressed!! But I still go to the GE Free meetings and involve myself in the singleminded focused action, while remaining connected to the big picture (oh and.. | The Proactive Revolution |
2002-06-26
06:16 | maxtobin: Thank you for this sharing
Very interesting, I will study this further, welcome to the network and enjoy the spaces!! | Wörgl's Stamp Scrip – The Threat of a Good Example? |
2002-06-17
02:22 | jazzolog: Make a Difference
Thank you for your contribution Martin: starting this Log and making your comments available to the general public. I hope you'll be writing a great deal more here. | The Proactive Revolution |
2002-06-15
01:02 | shawa: Hi, alchemist!
Glad to see such a positive entry. And welcome! | The Proactive Revolution |
