Hi all this is partly in response to Sjaak's comments to which Richard gave a negative to. So, if I get a loan from a bank, say 100,000, the bank needs to have...
Haven't been following the discussion real close, so I don't know who wrote: "I am particularly focussed on a system that collects 5% of each transaction for...
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Pete Forrest
pete@...
Feb 1, 2005 2:59 pm
Hello and in further response to Sjaak, I would add: INTEREST-FREE MONEY · Money exists for two purposes: a) to enable people to barter for goods and...
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sk2know@...
Feb 1, 2005 5:41 pm
Hi everyone; I am new to the list here! My background is in geography, economic-development and regional/urban planning. My interest in money issues started...
Hello Levi et al. I took the time to skim over old messages and I found nothing. Maybe the subjects were not indicative of the content. But, no luck in the ...
Hello Peter et al, ... You are talking about the function of money known as "Means of Exchange." Money, technically speaking, is a tool that enables what is...
Hello members of IJCCR from NZ (or to those who know about): The fact (or not) that the minister of economy of NZ had been told that if he kept the inflation...
From other sources: http://dmt-alta.com/ and: http://www.scamdog.com/freedom_projects/?view=laissez_faire_city Laissez Faire City and the DMT Rand are defunct...
Hi Tom and others, thank you for responding to my question. ... What is the difference then? What is interest if not usury? ... I understood from Richard Kay's...
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Graeme Taylor
telergy@...
Feb 2, 2005 10:11 am
Sjaak asks another question: to wit can the bank use interest money as 'backing' (?) in the sense of the fractional reserve system? I.e. if I pay $100 interest...
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Richard Kay
rich@...
Feb 2, 2005 11:18 am
Hello Susmita, Thanks for your very perceptive questions. ... As far as I am aware, there are essentially 2 kinds of money: 1. Things attributed value in their...
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Richard Kay
rich@...
Feb 2, 2005 11:27 am
Levi, I think you've put Graeme's 5% proposal into the wrong accounting column. ... If I read Graeme's intentions for this correctly, this is proposed as a...
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Pete Forrest
pete@...
Feb 2, 2005 3:51 pm
Hello to all, This is an excellent site on 'money' reform issues... www.prosperityuk.com Peter Forrest [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Dear All: Doing some research for a presentation on CCs, LETS... I thought it important to consider what is happening regarding Microcredits. Now that almost...
Stephan, Here's a short paper I wrote explaining how an electronic alternative currency would remove the 2 reasons interest rates are so high in microfinance....
... This would seem to motivate an FAQ. Is there one for IJCCR? I don't actually know. Certainly, if there was, this would be a good topic to put in it,...
I agree, Robin. Sounds like a good idea. So new members (and old) don't have to look through a zillion emails and opinions. Who will give the "official IJCCR...
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ernie yacub
yacinfo@...
Feb 3, 2005 1:22 am
... here are a couple... Frequently Asked Questions about LETSystems http://www.gmlets.u-net.com/faq.html ...community way faq ...
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sk2know@...
Feb 3, 2005 1:28 am
Thanks for the welcome and clear feedback Levi. I needed to know where this list stands on some of the basics. It is my general feeling that many money reforms...
Published on Wednesday, February 2, 2005 by Reuters Half of Bankruptcy Due to Medical Bills -- U.S. Study by Maggie Fox WASHINGTON - Half of all U.S....
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ernie yacub
yacinfo@...
Feb 3, 2005 2:42 am
... transaction fees can be legitimately applied on a cost-of-service basis - ie what is the cost of counting money in and money out? anything more is an ...
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sk2know@...
Feb 3, 2005 3:13 am
Hi Richard Thanks for your comment. ... There are many kinds of money besides the two you mentioned below..they are complex financial instruments called...
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Graeme Taylor
telergy@...
Feb 3, 2005 9:35 am
Hi all, reporting post meeting my local mp. (another step in a process) In a review of the book "Dark Ages Ahead", culturalist Jane Jacobs is quoted as saying,...
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Richard Kay
rich@...
Feb 3, 2005 12:06 pm
... I'm aware of these intstruments, but they all classify in my thinking either as category 1 (intrinsic value based) or category 2 (promise based) money. For...
Greetings TCN readers and/or Otherwise: For those who have not yet read the 'Credit River decision' of Judge Martin V. Mahoney dated December 9, 1968, details...
"Stop the destruction tractor convoy" By Tom J. Kennedy Local tractor and farm and rural business vehicles joined the "Stop the destruction tractor convoy" at...
... Hi Greame, if I understand correctly reducing the loan does not increase the bank's assets, because that money is destroyed (i.e. zeroed by the bank's...
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Graeme Taylor
telergy@...
Feb 3, 2005 11:17 pm
Hi Sjaak further to your comments, and I will take them seperately ... Yes that's seems okay. But then one has paid real money in interest payments, real money...
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letsbarter@...
Feb 4, 2005 1:42 am
Hello out there, My name is Lori and I'm a co-ordinator with the Newfoundland and Labrador LETS Barter Network in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. I'm new to...
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ernie yacub
yacinfo@...
Feb 4, 2005 4:34 am
i thought some of the banking and interest discussion might more usefully be carried on at communitydevelopmentbanking-l@... - i suggest starting with...
