Daniel, ... I don't think we are free to enter into arbitrary contracts at all. * I can't agree to buy toxic materials or have someone pay me to store these on...
Daniel, People are free to enter into contracts providing that the contract is legal and the question of fairness is central to whether it should be legal....
Silas, You have made a claim that you have not shown or substantieated that is related to this thread. I think it only fair that you show us what you have...
If at first I don't succeed, I try at least once more Not all money is interest bearing. Not all money is generated by Fractional Reserve lending. The...
Below a re send to make this important post more readable Apologies Marc ... From: Marc Gauvin To: ijccr@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006...
Daniel, On two or three points: 1. Should 'society' allow you to buy something you can't afford: 1.1. What if that's food or life saving drugs? 1.2 The banks...
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Ok, good points. But a simple fix to my original statement restores my point: people should be free to enter into arbitrary contracts *as long as no one else...
Ten Questions That You Should Ask Prior to Purchasing a Stock The first thing that you should understand is how the company earns money. Just because everyone...
Daniel, Richard, Lee, Hugh OK so it is starting to appear that your (Daniel) job is to rationalize interest at all cost. That is very interesting. Also I...
Daniel If you think the 'market' is a religion and the source of all that is 'right' (as your last post suggests: 'I believe the market will naturally settle ...
Daniel, I am curious to find out why you believe that the charging of interest is such a pressing freedom to be so defended. I can understand the freedom to...
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Dear listers, I am very glad to present you the first concrete result of a research made since 2002 on barter. A prototype is now available on line at ...
... Done, sorry. ... Each transaction (IOU) is from someone to someone. Standard double entry accounting. The sum of all balances is always, by design,...
Daniel writes: Counterexamples to services that do not require time or energy: 1. collecting rent MG: Rent assumes that you have a place that is maintained and...
Sorry I have noticed an errata use this one. Marc ... From: "Marc Gauvin" <gauvin@...> To: <ijccr@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006...
In Seattle area, many people are studying the "Great Turning". This goes beyond just reading the book and exchanging a few comments. There are study guides...
... every time a bank makes a loans brand new money is created. The money is destroyed when it is paid back so that the balance of money "TOTAL MONEY"...
... The benefit is that the seigniorage deriving from printing CC or extending CC credit can be reverted back inside the community: - as loans without...
The Interra card had captured much attention and imagination in the Seattle area for 3 or 4 years. But I guess it launched in Boston, TOdd ps. FYI the WISER...
Thanks Todd I sort of see your message as a set of design parameters. Restorative Commerce. What delightful language. So I advocate for a mutual credit CC that...
It is extremely important to distinguish between: (a) "Value" which is circulating in a "clearing" system/barter network - by which I mean "Money's Worth" such...
Thank you Chris this explanation is useful. Best, Marc ... From: cjenscook To: ijccr@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 5:58 PM Subject: [ijccr]...
Consider this, from the same archived article, (dated May 2000): The Ithaca HOUR system does not charge interest on loans. And this: HOUR Board Vicepresident...
Graeme Actually I've been thinking about this in software-development-land and I'm going to supply 'hooks' easy places for people to insert their own pieces of...
... We have a lot to be thankful for, at this era of history, that almost all of human society is more or less willing to agree on progressive income taxation,...
... Marco, you are right in your concerns, but they can be dealt with. I fully agree that the system needs to be open. I am an advocate of open systems, run...
I like Todd's suggestion. Additionally, I've been educated enough about usury / interest lately to have no doubts that positive interest is always bad. I need...
... coining ... part ... Why not? It only need to be publicly accounted for. The seigniorage is the only most important feature in printing your own money. It...
