THE FUTURE OF MONEY Bernard A. Lietaer - library.uniteddiversity ...

creativity is the expression of their highest form of consciousness,
their highest calling, and provides a true sense of meaning in their
life. Someone who is starving, and whose child is dying from hunger,
will simply not have the opportunity to express creativity in a
positive way.
Later in this book, you will discover the evidence upon which the
scenario for Sustainable Abundance is grounded, and why it is not a
Pollyanna dream. You will learn about the pragmatically tested
mechanisms, at monetary and other levels, that make 'Sustainable
Abundance' available to US as realistically, and with the Same
probabilities, as the previous scenarios.
One simple way to express the core thesis of Sustainable
Abundance is that it is now possible to make capitalism truly
sustainable through initiatives in the money system, sustainable not
only ecologically but socio-politically as well. In short, capitalism
with a human face does not have to remain an oxymoron.
An important common key to developing sustainable capitalism is
the implementation of money systems that support such objectives.
We will see how at least three of the most critical problems of today's
societies can be addressed effectively by using new kinds of
currencies that could operate as a complement to the existing
national money, and that are already operating in such a way in smallscale,
prototype form in a dozen countries around the world.
The four scenarios in perspective
The difference in the length and detail of our different futures does
not reflect their relative importance or likelihood. What these
differences do reflect is the complexity of ideas that can be presented
now, without the background that will be covered in the coming
chapters. All four scenarios have just about the same chance of