[consulting] How to send/receive money (was: being a listed consultant)

[Benjamin Melançon]

I've taken us very far afield of Drupal consulting, but the real dirty
secret is that banks are allowed to create money, letting them set the
terms to which people can have access to it (high interest), when it
would be to humanity's general advantage to have this useful tool for
economic interaction as widely shared as possible.

Examples of community currencies can be found here,
http://www.transaction.net/money/cc/cc01.html

For the moment though, I'll be turning my attention back to the Drupal
solution, and Evan's excellent endorsement of it...

- ben  ::  http://AgaricDesign.com  :  http://pwgd.org

On 4/9/07, neil.mcevoy at ondemand-network.com
<neil.mcevoy at ondemand-network.com> wrote:
>
> Well I don't know if it is restricted, more likely just exclusive by
> reality. ie a banking system is only of use to those with money to
> transfer, and they'll welcome any one with it..
>
>
> > No, it is that (productive forces) artificially restricted by obsolete
> > national boundaries...
> >
> > On 4/9/07, neil.mcevoy at ondemand-network.com <
> > neil.mcevoy at ondemand-network.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Now that's a hell of a use case scenario! :0
> >>
> >> But hey, modern banking is only a bunch of computers/software with
> >> inputs
> >> and outputs and some business rules....
> >>
> >>
> >> > Put my name and contact info in a file somewhere, and contact me each
> >> > time you come across someone who can even imagine starting a new
> >> > currency, and electronic transfer system...  preferably with the
> >> > further goal of eradicating poverty.   Maybe eventually we'll have
> >> > enough people to do so.
> >> >
> >> > ben melançon
> >> > 1-508-737-0582
> >> > ben at melanconent.com
> >> >
> >> > People Who Give a Damn
> >> > building the infrastructure of a network for everyone
> >> > http://pwgd.org/
> >> >
> >> > Agaric Design Collective
> >> > Open Source Web Development
> >> > http://AgaricDesign.com/
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 4/9/07, Sami Khan <sami at etopian.net> wrote:
> >> >> Quoting Karoly Negyesi <karoly at negyesi.net>:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Awesome! So basically, it's IBAN transfer or nothing. That transfer
> >> >> > is a remnant of a pre-Internet era, when the fastest communication
> >> >> > literally was wiring (aka using a telegraph). I can't wait to see
> >> >> > something fast and easy... but seeing how much the banks profit
> >> from
> >> >> >  this for basically nothing, I can see how it will not happen in
> >> the
> >> >> >  short time.
> >> >>
> >> >> Yeah, where rich corporate interests the prices will never go down.
> >> >> The banks as they
> >> >> exist are the most useless part of the electronic economy. You can
> >> >> automate essentially
> >> >> all their functions with a few supercomputers (or even 1) and save
> >> >> consumers billions...
> >> >> But then imagine all those bankers not getting any richer, GRIEF!
> >> >>
> >> >> Regards,
> >> >> Sami
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
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