LINKS Please note that while we hope the following links are of interest to our readers, the inclusion of a link does not necessarily imply our agreement with or endorsement of its content. Legal Forgery Bill Davies' book explains how the creation of money represents "a legal forgery which has been allowed to become grand larceny. It now threatens the whole of the world economy." Economic Reform Australia An Australian organisation dedicated to educating the community and decision makers about the true nature of Australia's economy and the global economy as a whole. Particular emphasis is placed on the need to reform the structure and operation of the financial system. Transfinancial Economics Robert Searle on his emerging global paradigm for economic and financial reform. Monetative A German initiative aimed at taking money creation back into public hands and making sure that seigniorage benefits the public purse, not commercial banks. It is calling for: 1. the full re-establishment of the public prerogative of creating money 2. an end to the creation of money by means of commercial bank credit 3. spending new money into circulation debt-free through public expenditure. Money Reform Downing Street Petition Please sign this important Petition calling for Money Reform to be on the table at the G20 summit in April 2009. EndtheRecession.org Excellent site explaining why the credit crunch has happened and why reforming the banking system is the solution. Look out for its upcoming video. Simon Dixon An effective Money Reform Campaigner and Communicator based in London Sabine McNeill's Blog Keep updated on the latest Money Reform happenings in the UK Parliament Scottish Monetary Reform Read the easily understood booklet "Debt and Deception" at this link. The site also includes a downloadable and easily understood Powerpoint Flash movie on the subject. Creating Community Currency Carol Brouillet's consciousness-raising and community-building website The Money Reform Party Check out this UK-based political party, focused purely on promoting Money Reform Money as Debt DVD A 47 minute DVD on the Debt-Based Money System. A must-see Frugal Living in the UK Interesting suggestions for frugal living Working for a Sane Alternative James Robertson's website. He is the co-author of Creating New Money and Monetary Reform: Making it Happen Economic Research Council The ERC has a long history of researching the controversy of money Sharelynx Lots of links on Gold, Money and Sharemarkets here www.letslinkUK.net LETS Site for Letslink UK and Letslink London www.monetary.org The American Monetary Institute, is a foundation dedicated to the study of monetary history, monetary theory and monetary reform. The Director, Stephen Zarlenga, is the author of The Lost Science of Money. www.themoneymasters.com American website based on the extraordinary video and book: The Money Masters: How International Bankers Gained Control of America. As the economist Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economics and Senior Fellow, the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, has told the authors, "As you know, I am entirely sympathetic with the objectives of your Monetary Reform Act..." The Money Masters video is available from Prosperity. Contact us today to purchase a copy of The Money Masters. Lots of info on Abraham Lincoln's monetary ideas Publisher by "Pridger" COMER The Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform, based in Canada and publishers of the monthly journal Economic Reform. The Schumacher Society Small is Beautiful living The International Journal of Community Currency research International Journal of Community Currency Research Department of Geography, University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH Time Banks UK also www.compassion-in-business.co.uk       "bringing compassion to business" and www.fairshares.org.uk Positive News The website of Positive News, a quarterly international newspaper reporting on the people, events and influences that are creating a "positive" future. www.imf.org Official site of the IMF and World Bank. www.whirledbank.org A website critical of World Bank Policy. www.paecon.net Student and academic campaign which originated in France and has rapidly expanded worldwide; at the core of its argument for reform is a belief that "economics" as nowadays taught and applied has become mere number-crunching harmfully indifferent to the problems of the real world. Sustainable Economics Newsletter Webstite of the Green Party's Land Tax and Economics Policy Working Group. www.simpol.org Website of the International Simultaneous Policy Organisation. The Tobin Tax The Tobin Tax is a (proposed) small tax on international currency transactions which would generate billions of dollars for international development. $2 trillion dollars a day is exchanged on world financial markets. 95% is speculative. A Tobin Tax of 0.25% would generate revenue of $250 billion which could be used to eradicate world poverty. Basic Income European Network The website of the Basic Income European Network (BIEN, 2000). Energy 21 Trust A trust the aims of which are to advance the education of the public and to promote research into sustainable energy systems, sustainable water systems, sustainable waste management practices and sustainable building methods and materials... and the integration of these into natural and built environments in ways that conserve and enhance wildlife and cultural, archeological and architectural heritage. The Citizens Income Study Centre Based at the London School of Economics, and promoting the concept of a Basic Income. www.ethical-junction.org A gateway to organisations and companies in the United Kingdom and Eire which have been judged to act in "a socially and environmentally responsible manner." www.feasta.org Website of the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability, which organises regular conferences on that subject. Professor Giacinto Auriti an essay.... By the Italian Professor whose experiment in local currency was reported in the Independent on Sunday (8.Oct.2000, p.22) by journalist Frances Kennedy as "Everyone Gets Richer as Professor Prints Money". www.monies.cc Sabine McNeill's website. She organises meetings which are held regularly on the subject of money reform in the House of Lords.