“We publish this speech of Gijs Graafland, President of the Planck Foundation, Amsterdam, so as to encourage more “ out-of-the-box” thinking on how to re-sign our money and credit systems so as to reflect the realities of human communities and the ecosystems in which they are embedded. Hazel Henderson Editor–in –Chief”
States seek currencies made of silver and gold
By Blake Ellis @CNNMoney February 3, 2012: 10:53 AM ET
Worried that the Federal Reserve and the U.S. dollar are on the brink of collapse, more than a dozen states have proposed using their own alternative currencies of silver and gold.
Worried that the Federal Reserve and the U.S. dollar are on the brink of collapse, more than a dozen states have proposed using their own alternative currencies of silver and gold.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A growing number of states are seeking shiny new currencies made of silver and gold.
Worried that the Federal Reserve and the U.S. dollar are on the brink of collapse, lawmakers from 13 states, including Minnesota, Tennessee, Iowa, South Carolina and Georgia, are seeking approval from their state governments to either issue their own alternative currency or explore it as an option. Just three years ago, only three states had similar proposals in place.
“In the event of hyperinflation, depression, or other economic calamity related to the breakdown of the Federal Reserve System … the State’s governmental finances and private economy will be thrown into chaos,” said North Carolina Republican Representative Glen Bradley in a currency bill he introduced last year.