Healthy Money, Healthy Planet: Developing Sustainability through New Money Systems (ISBN 1877333298 is a book by Deirdre Kent, first published in 2005, that looks at the issue of money creation through interest-bearing debt. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fractional-reserve banking is the banking practice in which Banks keep only a fraction of the value of their Bank notes and demand deposits in reserve
Kent argues that much of the relentless pressure for global economic growth, which results in so much environmental and social damage, is due to our money system. She explains how most of our money is created by private banks, out of thin air as interest-bearing debt. This, it is argued, has led to a massive and crippling increase in debt world-wide, and a subsequent concentration of wealth and power in a small percentage of the population.
An alternative to these dysfunctional money systems is said to exist and Kent presents a case for reform, looking at complementary economies and monetary systems which have been tried in various countries, including New Zealand, and suggests how they could be implemented in the future. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island These include changes to the taxation system, community banking, commercial barter, voucher schemes and currencies with a circulation incentive.
See also
- Debt-free money
- Fractional reserve banking
- Full-reserve banking
- Monetary reform
- Money supply
- Bank regulation
- Inflation
- Islamic banking
- Fiat currency
- List of finance topics
- List of economics topics
External links
- Healthy Money, Healthy Planet, Craig Potton Publishing. Fractional-reserve banking is the banking practice in which Banks keep only a fraction of the value of their Bank notes and demand deposits in reserve Full-reserve banking is the Banking practice in which the full amount of each depositor's funds are available in reserve at the bank when each depositor Monetary Reform describes any movement or theory that proposes a different system of supplying Money and financing the economy than the current system In Economics, money supply, or money stock, is the total amount of money available in an Economy at a particular point in time Bank regulations are a form of Government Regulation which subject Banks to certain requirements restrictions and guidelines In economics inflation or price inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services over a period of time Islamic banking refers to a system of banking or banking activity that is consistent with Islamic law ( Sharia) principles and guided by Islamic economics The terms fiat currency and fiat money relate to types of currency or Money whose usefulness results not from any intrinsic value or guarantee that it can be Topics in Finance include Fundamental financial concepts Finance an overview Arbitrage This aims to be a complete list of the articles on Economics.
- Healthy Money, Healthy Planet weblog.
- Global Ideas Bank Use this site's search engine to access all kinds of innovative ideas on community currencies.
- New Economics Foundation An independent think-tank that gathers information on new economics.
- Redefining Progress A California-based institute that works to highlight the inadequacies of GDP, and proposes the use of the Genuine Progress Indicator instead. The Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI is a concept in green economics and Welfare economics that has been suggested to replace Gross domestic product (GDP
- Appropriate Economics A website that promotes complimentary currency systems.
- Ithaca HOURs Online Information on Ithaca HOURs, plus a starter kit for anyone wanting to begin a local currency.
- Bartercard New Zealand
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