Can somebody tell me why we never talk about the money system when we condemn the unsustainable growth paradigm or people not profits?

#moneysystem #fiatcurrency #modernmonetarytheory #growthkills #growthisnotsustainable #exponentialGrowth #peoplenotprofit

[en] To fight financial illiteracy, we mapped our money system as waterworks
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"... most of us remain unfamiliar with the jargon of economists, bankers and tax experts. As in 2009, today’s democracies continue to be divided into what Taibbi describes as a “two-tiered state, one with plugged-in financial bureaucrats above and clueless customers below.”

https://theconversation.com/to-fight-financial-illiteracy-we-mapped-our-money-system-as-waterworks-209736

#financial #finance #literacy #illiteracy #money #moneysystem #cds #cdo #economics #trickledown
#MediaHighlights

To fight financial illiteracy, we mapped our money system as waterworks

Far from the idea of “trickle-down economics”, a map illustrates how the waterworks of the financial system are parching certain sections of the real economy and producing vast inequality.

The Conversation

[en] To fight financial illiteracy, we mapped our money system as waterworks

"... most of us remain unfamiliar with the jargon of economists, bankers and tax experts. As in 2009, today’s democracies continue to be divided into what Taibbi describes as a “two-tiered state, one with plugged-in financial bureaucrats above and clueless customers below.”

https://theconversation.com/to-fight-financial-illiteracy-we-mapped-our-money-system-as-waterworks-209736

#financial #finance #literacy #illiteracy #money #moneysystem #cds #cdo #economics #trickledown
#MediaHighlights

To fight financial illiteracy, we mapped our money system as waterworks

Far from the idea of “trickle-down economics”, a map illustrates how the waterworks of the financial system are parching certain sections of the real economy and producing vast inequality.

The Conversation
Welcome to the stonk market

Thanks to Robinhood and r/WallStreetBets, more ordinary people are charging into the stock market and treating stocks as memes. Simultaneously, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrency has exploded. What does this mean for the future of money?

The Verge

"WE NEED TO GET OUT of this #moneySystem that funds our #terror" says #IsaiahJackson, author of 'Bitcoin and Black America'.

Some #protesters are reportedly holding up signs, telling people to read this #book. In it the author suggests the #workingClasses can support each other and develop a strong #circularEconomy, while the #fiatCurrencies crumble into insignificance.

#bitcoin #blackamerica #justice #farmersMarkets #fairGo #criminalJustice #unconfiscatable #resilience