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Shift Change Trailer from ShiftChange.orgArticle on the town of Mondragon's co-op.Ultimately, it is best for entrepreneurial individuals not to be tied into a system like this. On the other hand, this may be a good model for "ministry" within the network and among the unnumbered.
6 min video about a tomato company that apparently has no bosses/bureaucracy/politics.No details of how this works on a practical level. It just seems like a good thing to add to the archives for future reference. Perhaps a PCM or future COR in California can take a field trip.


Real Money

Free PDF Book:

In 1980 F. Tupper Saussy wrote a book called "Miracle on Main Street" where he advocated returning to a precious metal economy. His forward vision and some of his predictions have come true. Here is a website with the book in PDF: Miracle on Main Street

Articles, Blogs & Videos

Articles

The Public vs. Private Dialectic by Anthony Migchels

Forbes article on the success of the Indo-American community in Edison, NJ financing each other's businesses.


Blogs

Real Currencies


Videos

The Case for Collaborative Consumption

Life Is Easy by Jon Jandi - 15 min

Agile Hardware Design Video

The Problem

The Secret of Oz - Winner, Best Documentary of 2010 (2 Hours)

The Money Masters - Full-Length (3hrs 19m)

Banking

Achievable Possibilities

The Public Bank Solution, by Ellen Brown [1] Brand new book on public banking, which she strongly advocates.


Recommended Reading

The Babylonian Woe, By David Astle] [2] Very scholarly OUTSTANDING book on the history of banking. Not recommended to everyone as it is a very hard read, but has some fascinating insights on ancient history that would blow most peoples minds. More insights that some of the other popular books going back this far in history. - Gary Kinghorn


Usury in Christendom, by Michael Hoffman [3] Traces the gradual decay of the Western Christian prohibition on usury and the rise of the Money Power and numerous resulting destructive practices in today's society.

The World of Debt

Web of Debt by Ellen Brown [4] The Shocking Truth About Our Money System and How We Can Break Free.

Description: Our money system is not what we have been led to believe. The creation of money has been "privatized," or taken over by private money lenders. Thomas Jefferson called them “bold and bankrupt adventurers just pretending to have money.” Except for coins, all of our money is now created as loans advanced by private banking institutions — including the privately-owned Federal Reserve. Banks create the principal but not the interest to service their loans. To find the interest, new loans must continually be taken out, expanding the money supply, inflating prices — and robbing you of the value of your money.

A big fan of Ellen Brown who has written some one of the best books on the subject. - Gary Kinghorn

Industry

WikiHouse - 3D printed housing

Global Village Construction Set

WikiSpeed - Open Source Car

3D Printing Resources

WikiSpeed speaking about how the Agile model from the software world can be adapted to improve any type of manufacturing.


Business

Emerging Social Tools

Computing on the Cheap