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Overview● 5' Movie Impossible Hamster ● 10' Theory "Why money has to grow"● 10' Movie Story of Solutions – Goal● 10' Short history of Banking in NL ● 30' World Café Growth or Balance? ● 30' World Café alternative currencies● 10' The movement in NL, 2014● 10' Evaluation
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Checklist Materials
● F lip-over sheets● Pencils / pens● Beamer / screen / audio amplification / laptop● 4 large tablesfor participants + 1chair for
beamer / laptop
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The Impossible Hamster
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The Impossible Hamster!
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Money is issued as debt
● All money is someone's debt● Example:
● Mortgage € 100.000.-● Cash in hand € 5.000.-● New money: € 95.000.-
● Interest year 1 : € 5.000.-● €100.000 × (1+0.05)^20= € 265.329,77● Principle of creation of money
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“The interest amount” is never issued
● Money is debt● Debt → interest● Blue money is never
issued● Someone will default● Crisis is built-in ● Only remedy: growth
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Fiat-money
● Fiat = approval● State fiats
commercial bank (FED, DNB, ECB) to issue money
● State borrows this money
● State pays interest to commercial banks
● Since Babilonia● Companies get rich● Nations are close to
broke ● Bankers &
businesses rule
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Amsterdamse Wisselbank
● 1609 -1820● First real central bank● Financial center of the World● 100% coverage● First demand deposits● “Gulden” not the only coin● Covered by the City of Amsterdam
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De Nederlandsche Bank● Silver standard
● 1847-1875● Gold Standard
● 1874-1914● 1925-1936
● Since 1814● Bank notes, credits,
public treasury● Banking crisis 1920-
ies● Nationalization in
1948
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Famous opponents of Fractional Reserve
● Abraham Lincoln● Greenbacks
– 1861-1862– 1862-1865
● John F. Kennedy● Executive Order
11110 op 4 Juni 1963 ● Debunked door Bill
Still (?)
● Member of Congress Ron Paul
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We are a Green Cooperation● We are a cooperation of green producers
cooperating on a local and regional scale.
● We work energy efficient and close material cycles.
● A “Green Bank” is supporting us with credit for our investments
● We want to be sustainable in the long run.
● Question: is this a sustainable model for the future?
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We are a Green Bank
● We invest in sustainable businesses
● They make a healthy profit and make a positive impact in society
● This is how we contribute to a better world
Question:
Does this banksupport a societythat will find an equillibrium (balance) in the long run ?
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World Café : Growth or Balance
● Each table has 1 of 2 cases
● Turn to the spirit
● Write down anything that comes to mind
● 20 minutes
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World Café : Growth or Balance -harvest
● What's been written on the sheets?● Does the bank support a balanced
society in the long run?● Is the business model used by the Green
Cooperation possible in the long run?
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Break
● until …..
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Currency World Café
● 4 tables, 20 m inutes●Which currency supports my / our intention ?
● Done => move to the next table
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Alternative Currency in NL
● LETS in NL since 1993● 90 exchange circles on Letscontact● Time Bank in Den Haag● STRO and Qoin develop money alternatives
worldwide
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De Blije B
● The Happy B...● Cooperative community b....● “B” in oprichting● No interest, but loan / price
correction● Own rate-proof coin : URA● Certificates of Participation
€ 25.- or € 100.-● http://www.deblijeb.nl
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Ons Geld
● Campaign● Political pressure● In need of volunteers● http://onsgeld.nu
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Gift Economy
● Robbert Vesseur & Petra Smolders (NL)
● Live without money● To give without
conditions → open heart
● Faith in receiving your needs
● http://geefeconomie.nl/
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Stichting Kleureneconomie
● Economie = ecologie● Fix all problems in a new design● Book, website, presentations, workshops
Online marketplace + bank (3D concept)
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Thank you!
● Final question: what do you take home?
● Thank you for your contribution!