May 2014 – Feasta

Powerpoint slides now available from Mary Mellor’s talk “Creating and Directing Public Money”

This lecture given in Dublin in April explored our current predicament from the perspective of what Mary Mellor calls 'handbag economics'; how it rationalises unnecessary austerity and emphasises scarcity. Can a sufficiency economy develop on the back of monetary reform?

Video on the Ponzi scheme of growth

There’s an interesting excerpt here from the environmental documentary “Mother” on the under-recognised problems with economic growth, including the fact that sprawl always ends up costing a municipality more than it brings in. Also some great imagery of the craziness of mass industrialisation.…

Bankers’ Bonuses: Time to Withdraw Banks’ Licence to Print Money

In a crystal-clear Huffington Post article, Molly Scott Cato explains why liberating ourselves from the private credit model of money creation is a necessary first step on the path to a more just, sustainable society.…

Ethical Money and The Great Separation

As the 99% become progressively aware of embedded unethical and unfair systemic values, might monetary disengagement become a key part of a trend to separate and distance ourselves from the mainstream economy – a Great Separation? By Graham Barnes.

When Philanthropists Give Directly, Are Climate Dividends Next?

Mike Sandler writes in the Huffington Post about the potential for climate credits to be distributed as cash transfers as a way to reduce poverty – a topic explored in detail in our book Shaing for Survival…

From our archives: why interest-free banking matters

Interest-free banking, such as that carried out by the JAK banks in Scandinavia, has been attracting considerable attention lately. But does it really matter whether a bank charges interest or not? After all, every bank has to charge for its services or it won't stay in business. This article by Richard Douthwaite and John Jopling from the second Feasta Review discusses the issue.

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