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You don’t need a degree in economics — in fact you don’t even need to be numerate — to realise that the European Union is making a dog’s dinner of the economic crisis.
Ignore the financial …
This paper discusses several reasons why we are unable to see the nature and impact of our current monetary system on our behaviors and relationships.
Abstract — Fundamental laws govern all complex flow systems, including natural ecosystems, economic and financial systems. Natural ecosystems are practical exemplars of sustainability: enduring, vital, adaptive. The sustainability of any complex flow system can be …
“Quantifying Economic Sustainability: Implications for Free-Enterprise Theory, Policy, and Practice.” Co-authored with Sally J. Goerner and Robert E. Ulanowicz, in Ecological Economics, Vol. 69, n. 1, December 15, 2009
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“Quantifying Sustainability: Resilience, Efficiency and the Return of Information Theory.” Co-authored by Bernard Lietaer, Robert E. Ulanowicz, Sally J. Goerner, and Rocio Gomez. Published in Ecological Complexity, Vol. 6, Issue 1, March 2009. Important Copyright …
In this article, Bernard Lietaer, Robert Ulanowicz and Sally Goerner discuss the shortcomings of conventional approaches to managing banking crises (i.e. nationalization of problem assets), and they explain why these typically fail to address systemic …
This paper explains how mutual credit systems can help small and medium-size businesses face the current banking and economic crisis and deal with the problem of cash flow shortage. Businesses can take an initiative to …
“Natural Savings: A New Microsavings Product for Inflationary Environments. How to Save Forests with Savings for and by the Poor?” Co-authored by Bernard Lietaer and Marek Hudon (Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Business School, Brussels). …
The Saber is the complementary education currency proposed by Bernard Lietaer to help Brazilian schools provide greater educational opportunities despite the lack of available funds. The educational vouchers are designed to set in motion a …
The WAT system, as used in Japan, allows for businesses to issue their own tickets (IOU’s) which can circulate as a complementary currency within a community. In this paper, Bernard Lietaer and Mitra Ardron propose …
