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> [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 basically send you out into the world to bring back $200,000 in the next twenty years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lietaer/money-is-created-through-bank-debt-when-you-go-for-a-mortgage-through/)

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## More by Bernard Lietaer

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lietaer/money-is-created-through-bank-debt-when-you-go-for-a-mortgage-through/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lietaer/when-the-banks-create-the-money-they-don-t-create-the-interest-they/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lietaer/greed-and-competition-are-not-the-result-of-immutable-human/)

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> [“The global monetary crises of the 1990s (Mexico, Russia, Asia and Brazil) proved that our money system is now sick, and that this affects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lietaer/the-global-monetary-crises-of-the-1990s-mexico-russia-asia-and-brazil/)

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> [ 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.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lietaer/our-american-money-system-is-structurally-brittle-it-doesn-t-matter/)

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> [Conventional money is supposed to be doing everything. By adding in complementary currencies, you actually get different types of things and different outcomes from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lietaer/conventional-money-is-supposed-to-be-doing-everything-by-adding-in/)

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> [The Future of Money: Creating New Wealth, Work, and a Wiser World](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lietaer/the-future-of-money-creating-new-wealth-work-and-a-wiser-world/)

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> [Complementary currencies work in addition to existing money, rather than replacing existing, official money. There are whole different families of complementary currencies. One of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lietaer/complementary-currencies-work-in-addition-to-existing-money-rather/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lietaer/look-at-any-financial-institution-at-any-bank-they-re-all-photocopies/)

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> [The direct consequence is that we have to fight with each other in order to survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lietaer/the-direct-consequence-is-that-we-have-to-fight-with-each-other-in/)

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> [Basically, for any complex to be sustainable needs to have a balance between two factors: resilience and efficiency. These two factors can be calculated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lietaer/basically-for-any-complex-to-be-sustainable-needs-to-have-a-balance/)

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