We were sad to learn of the death of Bernard Lietaer, one of the leading monetary reformers, on February 4th.
He was the author of the books The Future of Money, New Money for a New World, Money and Sustainability: the Missing Link and others.
Bernard Lietaer was active in the realm of money systems for close to 40 years in a wide variety of roles. While at the Central Bank in Belgium he implemented the convergence mechanism (ECU) to the single European currency system. During that period, he also served as President of Belgium’s Electronic Payment System.
Later, Bernard advocated for an alternative, multidisciplinary view of money which drew on findings from history, psychology and ecology to expose the myths about the global monetary system. During the Eurozone crisis, he worked hard to propose the introduction of a parallel currency as an alternative to the austerity policies imposed on Greece.
Although this project did not succeed, he has successfully inspired many of us to take part in a growing movement for changing the money system, be it through local currencies or through movements like Positive Money and its equivalents across the World. He will be thanked and remembered for that for a long time.
Our good wishes for his family and friends.
Bernard Lietaer was highly effective at explaining the banks’ money monopoly and its disastrous consequences; and advocating realistic and beneficial monetary system reform. His voice will be missed in the monetary reform movement. Condolences to his family and the people who knew him personally.
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My condolences to his family and the people who knew him personally!
Ciao Bernard…
ci mancherai tantissssimo!
UN GRAZIE ENORME per i 3 effetti dell’interesse
http://lietaer.com/2010/01/quali-sono-i-tre-effetti-principali-delle-monete-che-si-basano-sullinteresse/
“la No creación de los billetes necesario para pagar el interés”, que es la base del actual Sistema Monetario Internacional SMI basado en la deuda.
Condoglianze alla famiglia.
Morte naturale? o stava preparando un nuovo libro o altro?
Saluti da Oaxaca, Messico
A wonderful man and one of the few who knew about and could explain how the money system works, how it could be changed to work better and why that hasn’t happened.