Do we need money at all...? Can a moneyless society work? We are not that motivated by money and reward as one used to think... When the 'workers' in the businesses are not motivated by money, why 'need' money to continue to exist. But, could we think totally out of the box for once? Could we simply abandon money all together? And start We all know the damage money and the 'money mindset' has done to this planet and humanity. Imagine if we took money out of the equation and on. Money and the 'logic of money' major force behind all of this. Up to now, money as a motivator has worked well to perform the When people in general are not motivated by money and profits. Why, money, profit, margins, loans, banks and credit is a 'natural' part of was built with much dynamic, but the money system secured the money system create are there in full - (all of them). much to admit. The money system creates competition and critical point in population growth. Money can not money flow, wasting it on pointless corporate meetings.. Money in itself is obsolete, and in my opinion pretty ridiculous if there was a time when money, just as religion and politics were understand what money does to us all, the sooner things get better. Money is not the answer to problems, it's the creator and presents a particular, socialistic view of money and relationship between Treasury and the Fed. Money itself isn't the problem; the way money is artificially created money issues you haven't even dreamed about, wait until graph of the increase in money creation in the last bigger the trap is going to get! If you think money Apr 9 2011: Sargis, no, money is not the problem. debt, then you hardly can blame the money, but only system, but to teach people how to use money That's when money won't be the problem anymore. money out of the window? is this what they call under-appreciate what money has done. Doing so is concept of money out of the window?" You seem to be money is certainly involved in the ongoing portion of the people's wealth. they use money, more under-appreciate what money is and has done to our to my knowledge for money to uphold its value is to have interest rates otherwise where does the money Apr 11 2011: neither money is inherently corrupted. use money in an inappropriate way, doesn't mean money is bad. I asked you, how you would see a society w/o money. Think it over, but don't tell me to replace money separating money from the system? Without the system, the money won't exist and vice versa. The hammer analogy would work if money itself was a how is MORE money going to be created? Better yet, how does the value of money stay in tact? The whole Destroy the system, money becomes paper. Nothing material item. Money isn't. It's a complete made more sense because you got money based on how This is why money is inherently corrupted because back (which is how money survives). Perfect example of using money. What you are discussing is the money as something evil, while we try to explain you that money is simply a tool to facilitate transfers You are also wrong when you assume that money is governments drastically increased money production proposal that replaces our money based Apr 13 2011: My friend, whether I say money is evil pointing my finger at money but that doesn't solve I am not defending a money-less society. I'm saying And when I say that money is produced by governments point is that a lot of money is created out of thin When my basic needs are met without money, I'll be able to do my Apr 30 2011: without money its not possible. There are some jobs that ppl does ONLY becos of money. How would we share the works? No that we have access to (without money) we could complete resurface like the rewards that money brings to you, you cannot say like the "reward that money brings"? maybe monks. V.P and not just a "non-money based system". Want to talk money were not an object for obtaining resources. We but I believe that the money system will cause an including money, that is non-sense because when involving money who wants to stop at just having enough to survive? money is much harder and much more controversial than making it for wellbeing. At the very least, the creation of money starting at the find that preferable to having money created for banks and have it I call decentralized money creation/destruction "libertarian I like Dan Pink's idea that we pay people enough so that money is Apr 13 2011: Money is an exceptionally useful medium of exchange, At the same time, I think the power to create and destroy money is http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/01/news/economy/fed_reserve_data_relea Money can also be thought of as a vote. A person with more money than a person without money. This is why we live in plutarchies. Money is also a "claim check" upon the allocation of scarce social We don't want random noobs printing money on their own, but the destroy money at a particular rate set by the Fed. In essence, I'm right to destroy a very small amount of money is the right to say, sentence:"money is inherently corrupted because the only system it produce-yes, read it as PRINT) the money, hence can manipulate it. justifications. About "interests" levied on borrowed money, thats not the money. Money is just a tool which is used incorrectly, Apr 12 2011: Renu, I agree with you. When I say money is the itself. Money per se is worth nothing without that system and vice versa. That's why the monetary system and money itself is I'll say that the system is the problem, not money itself. two factors out of the equation, money will just be paper that pay your debt off and these banks can create money out of thin Apr 12 2011: side note: increasing the money stock second, any form of money devaluation hurts long to do so. money adjusts fine on its own. why tweak really has little idea of how money works or where Apr 10 2011: I feel like if we got rid of money, we'd have to to would not involve money. It would require a simple request margins, money, and greed. Yeah I said it I am a money is, someone always wants more than everyone exceptions of course, but more popular to keep money idea in capitalism is money gain, and enough money means power when enough people believe money is Apr 8 2011: Harald, most people don't care about money, but the stuff money can buy them. Got a million US$ sitting on a rock in Money is a tool, nothing else. It helps us to easier exchange goods and services. Even for companies, it's not about the money per se, but about what they are doing with the money (buy new equipment, Money is also important to put a value on goods and services. your cars to the market in a money less society. the first is a question that is not true. money does Apr 9 2011: Richard, yes, money does depreciate over post, it's not about money. but about what you get for your money. If we would use sea shells instead of money