{"id":1614,"date":"2012-07-11T07:40:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T14:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.extraenvironmentalist.com\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2018-03-03T19:33:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T00:33:59","slug":"episode-45-opening-money","status":"publish","type":"xen_episodes","link":"https:\/\/xenetwork.org\/xe\/episodes\/episode-45-opening-money\/","title":{"rendered":"[ Episode #45 \/\/ Opening Money ]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By failing to question our money system, we've accepted an understanding of finance and fiat that's showing its flaws greater than ever. This globalized currency system draws money out of localities and into the hands of corrupt financial institutions. Can we start recapturing these flows of money to build resilient communities? If the Federal Reserve can print money, why can't we?<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Extraenvironmentalist #45<\/strong> we speak to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communityway.ca\/\">Michael Linton<\/a>, developer of LETS and the Community Way currency system about how to open up our money to emphasize positive aspects of human nature . Michael describes how local currencies can help to overcome the feeling of scarcity imposed by a centralized national currency. We ask Michael if our federal dollars should be replaced or if we should be looking to compliment them through local money. Then, we speak with <a href=\"http:\/\/seedstock.ca\/\">Jordan Bober<\/a> who is<a href=\"http:\/\/thetyee.ca\/News\/2012\/07\/06\/Seedstock\/\"> launching the Seedstock<\/a> in Vancouver, BC based on Michael's Community Way model.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_900\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1614-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/extraenvironmentalist\/xepodcasts.com\/assets\/podcasts\/extraenvironmentalist\/045-opening-money.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/extraenvironmentalist\/xepodcasts.com\/assets\/podcasts\/extraenvironmentalist\/045-opening-money.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/extraenvironmentalist\/xepodcasts.com\/assets\/podcasts\/extraenvironmentalist\/045-opening-money.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_901\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1614-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/extraenvironmentalist\/extraenvironmentalist.com\/audio\/low\/Ep45_final_lowbitrate.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/extraenvironmentalist\/extraenvironmentalist.com\/audio\/low\/Ep45_final_lowbitrate.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/extraenvironmentalist\/extraenvironmentalist.com\/audio\/low\/Ep45_final_lowbitrate.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>\/\/ Music (in order of appearance)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=imkdY7BG8EQ\">Chick Bullock - Are You Making Any Money?\u00a0<\/a><em> via<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=imkdY7BG8EQ\">Youtube<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/c2cdjs\/mack-the-knife-tribute-to-1\"><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/stereogum.com\/1039622\/the-mynabirds-body-of-work\/mp3s\/\">Gold Diggers of 1933 - We're in the Money<\/a> <em>via<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UJOjTNuuEVw\">Youtube<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stereogum.com\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/consequenceofsound.net\/2012\/06\/new-music-matt-and-kim-lets-go\/\">Matt and Kim - Let's Go<\/a> <em>via<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/consequenceofsound.net\/\">Consequence of Sound<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themusicninja.com\/seriously-funky-the-beatles-x-carlos-santana-x-griz-x-gramatik-dont-let-me-change-ego-mashup\/\">The Beatles x Carlos Santana x Griz x Gramatik \u2013 Don\u2019t Let Me Change (Ego Mashup)<\/a><em> via<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/theeargazm.com\"> The Music Ninja<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\/\/ Extended Clips (in order of appearance)<\/strong><br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F1aY8csDDcc\">FT - Libor scandal rocks banking<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7PbpC0FqS7s\">Max Keiser - How Tom Cruise Stole Libor<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JZQqrxHGcoQ\">Michael Hudson - Summit MMT in Italy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[End]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JZQqrxHGcoQ\">Michael Hudson - Summit MMT in Italy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\/\/ Production Credits<\/strong><br \/>\nProduction Assistance\u00a0 | Kevin at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SustainableGuidance?feature=watch\">Sustainable Guidance Youtube Channel <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By failing to question our money system, we&#8217;ve accepted an understanding of finance and fiat that&#8217;s showing its flaws greater than ever. This globalized currency system draws money out of localities and into the hands of corrupt financial institutions. Can we start recapturing these flows of money to build resilient communities? If the Federal Reserve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1632,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[21,31,40,54,73,99,103,169],"class_list":["post-1614","xen_episodes","type-xen_episodes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-business","tag-community-currency","tag-currency","tag-economy","tag-finance","tag-localization","tag-money","tag-wealth"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>[ Episode #45 \/\/ Opening Money ] - Extraenvironmentalist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/xenetwork.org\/xe\/episodes\/episode-45-opening-money\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[ Episode #45 \/\/ Opening Money ] - Extraenvironmentalist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By failing to question our money system, we&#039;ve accepted an understanding of finance and fiat that&#039;s showing its flaws greater than ever. 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