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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Tom Greco Update


Tom Greco has been active in the UsuryFree Community Currency Movement For A Very Long Time
Fall Tour 2012
My fall tour agenda has filled out nicely and includes an exciting assortment of presentations, workshops, and consultations.
On October 1, I will begin a five week tour that will take me to Switzerland, Greece, and the UK.
Here is a chronological list of events. If you wish to participate in any of them, please go to the indicated website or get in touch with appropriate contact person.
3-6 October. Geneva. Presentations and conferences with Community Forge, http://communityforge.net/home. “CommunityForge is a non-profit association that designs, develops and provides complementary currency systems and tools.” (Use the “Contact” button on the website to connect with Tim Anderson). This stop will probably include a presentation at the UN Palais des Nations, Human Rights Social Forum, on October 3. My topic will be "Strategies for community empowerment and the creation of economic democracy.”
7-14 October. Crete, Greece.
On October 10 and 11, I will be a presenter at the International Sustainability Summit, to be held at the European Sustainability Academy (Sharon Jackson, Director, http://www.eurosustainability.org/en/esa.htm).
The segment on Strategic shifts in prevailing systems includes a 2 day workshop that will focus specifically upon Community Exchange Systems and Alternative currency systems for Sustainable Communities. On October 10, I will give a presentation on The Emerging Butterfly Society: Making the shift to a steady-state economy and a world that works for all. Details and registration materials can be found at: http://www.eurosustainability.org/en/esa_summit4.htm
15 October to approximately 21 October. Mainland Greece
During this time period, I will be traveling to Thessaloniki, Volos, and Athens. Specifics are still developing.

25 October. York, UK
I will be speaking at the York LETS Conference on the topic, "Why local exchanges and currencies fail to thrive, and what is required to take alternative exchange to scale." Booking at, http://yorkaltcurrencies-efbevent.eventbrite.co.uk/ . Info at, http://www.facebook.com/events/495091860501637/?ref=ts

October 27-28. London. Events on Money and Alternative Currencies are being planned by Mary Fee of LETSlinkUK, http://www.letslinkuk.net/. Details will be posted, when available, at my site http://beyondmoney.net/.

30 October. Ambleside (Lake District). Cumbria University, Presentation, Beyond Money, Banks, and the Left-Right Divide.

31 October. I will be delivering a free public lecture, A New Approach to Community Economic Development at Cumbria University in Lancaster, UK.
1 November. I will conduct a workshop titled, Complementary Exchange Systems: Design, Organization, and Implementation, at The University of Cumbria in Lancaster( Room AXB003) from 2pm to 5pm.
Details of both events at: http://www.localwealth.co.uk/tom-greco/
I will return to the U.S. from London on November 5.
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The Wealth of the Commons
Following my participation in the Commons Conference in Berlin two years ago, I was asked to contribute a chapter to an anthology titled, The Wealth of the Commons: A world beyond market & state. (http://www.wealthofthecommons.org/) This book is a “new collection of 73 essays that describe the enormous potential of the commons in conceptualizing and building a better future.” At long last, the English edition has now been published and can be ordered from Leveller’s Press, https://store.collectivecopies.com/store/show/001.
I think the chapter I wrote for this book is one of the most succinct and information-rich essays I’ve ever written, so I’ve posted it on my site. You can download it at http://beyondmoney.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/reclaiming-the-credit-commons.pdf.
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QE ad infinitum (QE3)
“Quantitative Easing,” commonly referred to as “QE,” is a euphemistic expression for currency inflation, i.e., the creation of money on the basis of junk securities and empty promises. On September 14, Ben Bernanke announced that the FED would continue to inflate the dollar on an ongoing basis for “as long as it takes.” A week earlier, European Central Bank president Mario Draghi announced a similar plan to save the Euro by buying the bonds of euro-zone governments, notably Spain and Italy. “There will be no "ex ante limits on the size" of the purchases, said Draghi.” He sugar-coated the bitter pill by saying, “governments that want the ECB to buy its bonds must agree to a program of reforms and oversight by the bailout funds and possibly the International Monetary Fund.” We know what that means for the ordinary person. Two of my recent posts address these announcements (http://beyondmoney.net/2012/09/20/qe-ad-infinatum/, and http://beyondmoney.net/2012/09/21/et-tu-ecb-inflating-the-euro/).
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Recent posts
In recent weeks, I’ve been re-reading some of E. C. Riegel’s essays. I’ll be posting the more important ones from time to time. Here is one that, although written more than 60 years ago, seems especially timely.
Another important Riegel essay is, Breaking the English Tradition, which years ago I embedded, with my comments in a post to my other website http://www.Reinventingmoney.com That post titled, The Politics of Money, can be download at http://www.reinventingmoney.com/documents/BreakingEnglishTradition.pdf.
Hoping to see some of you along the way,
Thomas H. Greco, Jr.    Email: thg@mindspring.com  
PO Box 42663, Tucson, AZ 85733
Beyond Money: http://beyondmoney.net
Tom's News and Views: http://tomazgreco.wordpress.com
Skype/Twitter name: tomazgreco
My latest book, "The End of Money and the Future of Civilization" can be ordered from Chelsea Green Publishing, Amazon.com, or your local bookshop.




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