Why diversity in currencies matters? Inflation, Armut und Ungleichheit. Euro sind knapp und das große Euro-System kann nicht alles. Kann eine größere Währungsvielfalt bei diesen Problemen helfen? read more
Event archive: Money Futures Workshop from 15. May 2023 to 17. May 2023, Uppsala Sweden What may money look like in a sustainable, thriveable society? A survey of innovative economics teaching turned up numerous adjectives: not only doughnut economics but also plural economics, regenerative economics, sustainable economics, intentional economics, quantum economics… …but sadly little new content. One reason: the nature of money is taken as a given. read more
Event archive: (Most) events cancelled due to pandemic from 1. May 2023 to 1. June 2023, globally Since most events were cancelled in March 2020, very few have been scheduled, most online. We hope this situation will change soon. If you know of an event related to our topics that should appear here, let us know. read more
Event archive: 6th Biennial RAMICS International Congress in Bulgaria from 27. October 2022 to 29. October 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria “Complementary Currency Systems Bridging Communities” 27-29 October 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria Organised by University of National and Word Economy: Institute of Economics and Politics (UNWE, Sofia, Bulgaria) Monetary and Economic Research Center (UNWE, Sofia, Bulgaria) Research Association on Monetary Innovation and Community and Complementary Currency Systems (RAMICS) New Bulgarian University (NBU, Sofia, Bulgaria) VUZF’s Laboratory for Applied […] read more
Event archive: Call for Papers: 6th Biennial RAMICS International Congress in Bulgaria on 28. May 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria “Complementary Currency Systems Bridging Communities” 27-29 October 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria Organised by University of National and Word Economy and RAMICS (a.o.). More information coming soon. read more
Latest research on monetary diversity Leander Bindewald, 10. January 2022 Special Issue “Monetary Plurality and Crisis” in the Journal of Risk and Financial Management (JRFM) In addition to our commitment to the implementation of innovative currency ideas and the ongoing educational work on money and monetary reforms, it is above all the academic treatment of these two fields of activity that will ultimately pave […] read more
Event archive: 2021 International Monetary Conference from 5. November 2021 to 7. November 2021, Zoom From November 5-7, the American Monetary Institute (AMI) will host the 2021 International Monetary Conference. read more
Biography Bernard Lietaer Leander Bindewald, 24. April 2021 “The other day you said on the phone: Give me a problem and I’ll develop a complementary currency with which you can solve it. And I have to tell you this: Your imagination, your inexhaustible ideas on how to design, invent and transform money, simply amaze me every time. ” Margrit Kennedy in a letter […] read more
Event archive: RAMICS Online Roundtable on 05. March 2021 09:00 At a time of uncertainty about the future and increased precarity in the present, we at RAMICS believe that complementary and community currencies have become and even more relevant tool to build community resilience and hopefully help us transition towards a more sustainable future. read more
It’s the End of the World as We Know It, And I Feel Fine Stephanie Rearick, 22. June 2020 I gave this article that title on submitting it, on May 5, 2020 – 20 days before the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and the subsequent steps to both revolution and violent crackdown. I can no longer say something that light, but I can say that current circumstances make it all the more […] read more