Money is created through bank debt. When you go for a mortgage through a bank, they give you $100,000 to buy a house and… — Bernard Lietaer Copy Share Image
When the banks create the money, they don't create the interest. They send you into the world to compete with everybody else to get… — Bernard Lietaer Copy Share Image
GREED AND COMPETITION ARE NOT THE RESULT OF IMMUTABLE HUMAN TEMPERMENT…GREED AND FEAR OF SCARCITY ARE IN FACT BEING CREATED AND AMPLIFIED …THE DIRECT… — Bernard Lietaer Copy Share Image
“The global monetary crises of the 1990s (Mexico, Russia, Asia and Brazil) proved that our money system is now sick, and that this affects… — Bernard Lietaer Copy Share Image
Our [American] money system is structurally brittle. It doesn't matter if you put a very clever guy or a stupid guy at the wheel.… — Bernard Lietaer Copy Share Image
Conventional money is supposed to be doing everything. By adding in complementary currencies, you actually get different types of things and different outcomes from… — Bernard Lietaer Copy Share Image
Complementary currencies work in addition to existing money, rather than replacing existing, official money. There are whole different families of complementary currencies. One of… — Bernard Lietaer Copy Share Image
Look at any financial institution, at any bank. They're all photocopies of each other. There's no diversity of institutions and even less diversity of… — Bernard Lietaer Copy Share Image
The direct consequence is that we have to fight with each other in order to survive. — Bernard Lietaer Copy Share Image
Basically, for any complex to be sustainable needs to have a balance between two factors: resilience and efficiency. These two factors can be calculated… — Bernard Lietaer Copy Share Image
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