4 Quotes by Bernard Lietaer

Money is created through bank debt. When you go for a mortgage through a bank, they give you $100,000 to buy a house and basically send you out into the world to bring back $200,000 in the next twenty years. The first $100,000 is principal, and the second is interest.

Conventional money is supposed to be doing everything. By adding in complementary currencies, you actually get different types of things and different outcomes from different complementary currencies.

The Future of Money: Creating New Wealth, Work, and a Wiser World.

The direct consequence is that we have to fight with each other in order to survive.