Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition

Book Description:

Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme—but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being.
 
This book is about how the money system will have to change—and is already changing—to embody this transition. A broadly integrated synthesis of theory, policy, and practice, Sacred Economics explores avant-garde concepts of the New Economics, including negative-interest currencies, local currencies, resource-based economics, gift economies, and the restoration of the commons. Author Charles Eisenstein also considers the personal dimensions of this transition, speaking to those concerned with "right livelihood" and how to live according to their ideals in a world seemingly ruled by money. Tapping into a rich lineage of conventional and unconventional economic thought, Sacred Economics presents a vision that is original yet commonsense, radical yet gentle, and increasingly relevant as the crises of our civilization deepen.
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Sacred Economics

Introduction: (German) (Swedish) (French) (Spanish)  (Hungarian) (Italian) (Dutch) (Greek) (Polish)

Chapter 1: The Gift World (German)(Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 2: Greed and the Illusion of Scarcity (German) (Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 3: Money and the Mind (German) (Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 4: The Trouble with Property  (German) (Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 5: The Corpse of the Commons (German) (Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 6: The Economics of Usury (German) (Swedish)(Polish)

Chapter 7: The Crisis of Civilization (German) (Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 8: The Turning of the Age (German) (Swedish)(Polish)

Chapter 9: The Story of Value (German) (Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 10: The Law of Return (German) (Italian) (Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 11: Currencies of the Commons  (German) (Swedish) (Dutch)

Chapter 12: Negative-interest Economics (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 13: Steady-state and Degrowth Economics (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 14: The Social Dividend (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 15: Local and Complementary Currencies (German)(Swedish)

Chapter 16: Transition to Gift Economy (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 17: Summary and Roadmap  (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 18: Relearning Gift Culture (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 19: Non-Accumulation (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 20: Right Livelihood and Sacred Investing  (German) (Swedish)(Italian)

Chapter 21: Working in the Gift (German) (Swedish) (Italian)

Chapter 22: Community and the Unquantifiable  (German) (Swedish)(Italian)

Chapter 23: A New Materialism (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 24: Conclusion: The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Tell Us Is Possible   (German) (Swedish)

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