Bernard Lietaer - The Future of Money - Full Book

beings and its potential pitfalls. Money not only has the potential to contribute to global abundance, sustainability, and peace of mind if used wisely; but when restricted in its flow it also has the ability to engender unfathomable suffering and hardship. It is from this multiocular perspective that I am synthesising here what I have learned so far about this mysterious thing called money.

This is not a book on economics or economic theory. I am not an economist. My expertise lies in international finance and money systems. This is why I have adopted here a whole systems approach to money. Whole systems take into account a broader, more comprehensive arena than economics does; it integrates not only economic interactions but also their most important side effects. This includes specifically in our case the effects of different money systems on the quality of human interactions, on society at large, and on ecological systems. In essence, money is a lifeblood flowing through ourselves, our society, our global human community, and should be acknowledged and treated consciously.

Part One of The Future of Money elucidates the mysteries of the current official currency system. Part Two widens the view to encompass and feature newly emerging money systems. Therefore, this book deals with money in the world outside of us, describing how different money systems shape society.

The forthcoming Mystery of Money; Beyond Greed and Scarcity completes our examination of money by delving into the world residing inside our own heads. It thereby steps up the scope of our money landscape one last notch by exploring the world of the collective psychology of money and of the emotions triggered by different money systems.