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OUR PERSPECTIVE ON ECONOMY. WE CAN AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT ECONOMY. ECONOMY IS ABOUT US. ECO COMES FROM THE GREEK “OIKOS”, WHICH MEANS HOUSE. ECOLOGY = UNDERSTANDING OF OUR HOUSE. ECONOMY = HOUSEKEEPING. THIS COMMUNITY CREATES LOTS OF WEALTH AND JOBS, A FANTASTIC GROWTH!. VALUES
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OUR PERSPECTIVE ON ECONOMY WE CAN AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT ECONOMY ECONOMY IS ABOUT US
ECO COMES FROM THE GREEK “OIKOS”, WHICH MEANS HOUSE ECOLOGY = UNDERSTANDING OF OUR HOUSE ECONOMY = HOUSEKEEPING
THIS COMMUNITY CREATES LOTS OF WEALTH AND JOBS, A FANTASTIC GROWTH! VALUES BEHIND THE RULES OF OUR ECONOMY
LAND LABOUR CAPITAL
WHY INTEREST-FREE ECONOMY? AN INTEREST-FREE ECONOMY HELPS TO CREATE… A FAIR AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY
AN INTEREST-FREE ECONOMY… STOPS THE REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH FROM THOSE WHO HAS LESS TO THOSE WHO HAS MORE
FROM BARTER EXCHANGE MONEY! TO… WHICH: • IS A MEAN OF EXCHANGE • WORKS AS A STANDARD • PRESERVES THE VALUE
THEN PEOPLE STARTED TO USE INTERESTS AND THE MEANS OF EXCHANGE “MONEY” STARTED TO BE SEEN AS A MERCHANDISE TODAY IT IS GENERALLY ACEPTED THAT SOME PEOPLE EARN MONEY ONLY BECAUSE THEY OWN MONEY, BUT MONEY… * CAN NOT GROW * CAN NOT WORK THERE’S ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO HAS TO PAY FOR THAT
THE NATURE OF COMPOUND INTEREST YEAR 0 SAVING 1 KR TO 5% INTEREST YEAR 2010
Interest paid and interest/profits received by Swedish population during 2007
Debt of the Swedish families and companies Blue – families Pink - companies
AN INTEREST-FREE ECONOMY.. …MAKES EASIER FOR THE GOVERNMENT, THE REGIONS AND THE MUNICIPALITIES TO USE THE MONEY FOR IMPORTANT SERVICES (INSTEAD OF USING IT TO PAY INTERESTS)
The Swedish national debt 1975-2008 Billion SEK
State’s expenses: 790,3 billion SEK Interest payed for the state: 48,2 billion SEK
AND GLOBALLY? EVERY YEAR…IN BILLION DOLLARS AID REPAYMENTS INTERESTS Aid: OECD, 2008 www.stat.oecd.org Interest and Repayments: UNCTAD, Handbook of .statistics 2008, si.d 379
AND DON’T FORGET THAT THERE´S USUALLY “HIDDEN INTERESTS” IN THE THINGS THAT YOU BUY