Monetary report - opinion on the financial system of Island prepared at the request of the Prime Minister of Island has been translated into Polish by the members of We Are the Change foundation POLISH VERSION: CLICK TO READ ENGLISH VERSION: CLICK TO READ
A certain cycle in which the current civilisation functions is coming to an end. An attentive observer perceives the global changes in every aspect of life. From the era of material shortage we have moved to the times of abundance of goods. Our awareness, however, is still in the old order governed by the brutal [...]
The best system and the best programme of reforms may be distorted and implementation of its idealistic, humanistic intentions may prove counterproductive. The reason is human imperfection. Changes must start from us, from getting to know ourselves by educating our own AWARENESS and teaching about the real needs, from setting free from the imposed stereotypes [...]
What the economy has not realised is that from the era of shortage we have inconspicuously entered the era of abundance, that the industrial capitalism which has become a financial and speculative hybrid is changing in front of our eyes into informative capitalism. This third wave of civilisation requires a new economic science with completely [...]
Economy is classified as a scientific discipline. However, it does not meet the criteria that need to be met by the science. Science is supposed to explain how the world functions. Its achievements are result of scientific research carried out on the basis of certain paradigms. Such research is repeated many times in order to [...]
The time has come to start talking openly. To define precisely the reasons for the current financial crisis. To shake off the fear of consequences arising from the diagnosis. The time has come to question the assumptions and certainties because the direction the present science is following leads nowhere. The current economic crisis, just like [...]
The first steps towards recovery of the national economy should be based on the following four basic postulates: state, corporate and citizens debt restructuring; removal of payment gridlocks; introduction of a dual currency system; changes to the tax system which would favour individuals and national entities over companies. In order to achieve this, a legislative [...]
The so-called economic sciences have become out of date. This is because their principles were formulated in the era of shortage, when the supply of food and multipliable products was for technical reasons limited. Now the world, as well as many economists, has realised that we are in a scientific void. We exist in the [...]
