I haven't seen much discussion here about alternatiev economic systems. Most of the talk is about whether we have cash or electronic cards. Why not talk about more interesting stuff, like altering the way money itself works. Ever heard of demurrage? Neither had I until I read some stuff over at transaction.net [transaction.net] - the concept of negative currency is a fascinating one.
If you've ever read the Mars trilogy, you'll probably have some idea of the kinds of things I'm thinking about: limitations on the size of corporations and so on. Basically Capitalism version 2 (or 3).
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I haven't seen much discussion here about alternatiev economic systems. Most of the talk is about whether we have cash or electronic cards. Why not talk about more interesting stuff, like altering the way money itself works. Ever heard of demurrage? Neither had I until I read some stuff over at transaction.net [transaction.net] - the concept of negative currency is a fascinating one.
If you've ever read the Mars trilogy, you'll probably have some idea of the kinds of things I'm thinking about: limitations on the size of corporations and so on. Basically Capitalism version 2 (or 3).