My main qualification for talking the way I do about money is that for the last forty years I happen to have been exposed to an unusual variety of hands-on experiences of money as a …

In a 1997 interview with Yes Magazine, Bernard explains that the condition of scarcity which plagues many of our societies is actually a product of the kinds of money systems we adopt.   He also …

Interview with Bernard Lietaer
Jurriaan Kamp | Ode Magazine, September 2005 issue
What is money? Do we need more of it to solve some of the world’s problems? Or is money the cause of them? Ex-banker Bernard …

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 …

Overview:  In this talk, Bernard explains that the current banking crisis is a structural crisis which requires a systemic solution.  Studies have shown that a natural ecosystem’s ability to thrive and flourish critically depends on its …

The Terra is a global complementary currency designed to provide an inflation-resistant international standard of value; to stabilize the business cycle on a global level; and to realign stockholder’s interests with long-term sustainability.   From a …