“The Future in Our Pockets: Making Money Work for the Common Good” – Join this Zoom Webinar on Thursday, February 23
Published on January, 36 2023
by Marybeth Gardam and Mary Sanderson
Women, Money & Democracy Committee
February 2023
Save the date and join the upcoming Zoom webinar cosponsored by the WILPF US Women, Money & Democracy (W$D) Committee and our ally Alliance for Just Money.
THE FUTURE IN OUR POCKETS: Making Money Work for the Common Good
Thursday, February 23
5-6:30pm Pacific / 7-8:30 pm Central / 8-9:30 pm Eastern (90 min)
For over three centuries banks have been consolidating their power by extracting interest from people, businesses, governments and the planet. This power helps to explain why politicians and governments bend to their will.
“The Future in Our Pockets” webinar on February 23 invites WILPF members and friends to examine how the bank credit system undermines our efforts to build peace and a sustainable environment every minute of every day and what we can do about it.
You’ll be invited to a deeper dive process modeled on one that the Athens Ohio League of Women Voters used to create their well-received Monetary Reform Proposal. Virginia Hammon, who participated with the Athens group, and Lucille Eckrich, founding president and Board Member of Alliance for Just Money, will be our presenters for this brave and necessary conversation hosted by W$D.
Our Existing System of Money Creation
Mainstream economists treat money as a neutral medium of exchange and never consider its origin and purpose.
Is it meant to serve the people, or to serve the interests of the monied elite alone? Exploring that question helps explain why there’s always plenty of money for military research and development and none for protecting pollinators…and always enough to finance luxury condos instead of affordable dwellings.
Most economists never look closely at the existing system of money creation, built on fictional value but very real and oppressive debt. It was never designed to support the commons. But it can be made more equitable!
Our existing system, built on debt and designed to give power and privilege to the masters of the marketplace, is not our only option. Fortunately there are many non-parasitic money system models in history to guide the necessary changes needed today.
Learn how our money system undermines peace, equity and the environment both in the US and internationally, and how we can fix it.
Register here to participate in this enlightening webinar on February 23.
