Economics and money is a relatively recent area of interest and inquiry for me. I tend to think of money as evil or dirty and to want to avoid looking at my relationship with it. Yet, I also recognize the power of money and economics in my own life; it is huge. I have been conditioned to evaluate everything through the matrix of cost and to strive for security by ensuring that I have enough. Like the financial system, my own systems of thinking are rooted in greed and fear and I know that this does not serve me or the world. I desire to live in abundance and to act with generosity and gratitude and I want to create Itineris as vehicle for joyfully giving my gifts to those who need them. To do this, I need new paradigms of money and economy and this page reflects my search for resources to support this personal transformation in my relationship with money.
Articles & Documents
- Crowd Sourcing ~ Frauke Godat
- Emerging Post-Capitalist Paradigm
- The Tao of Charity Focus
- Sharing Economies Are Here to Stay ~ The Guardian
- The Sharing Economy Infographic (lots of good links and references)
- Open Co-ops: Inspiration, Legal Structures and Tools
Audio Recordings
Blogs
- Reflections on our participation in a world gone wrong ~ Marianne Kunuth
- 10 Hypotheses about Abundance and the Commons ~Roberto Verzola
Books
- Deep Economy ~ Bill McKibben
- Reclaiming the Gift Culture ~ Manish Jain and Shilpa Jain (free e-book)
- Sacred Economics ~ Charles Eisenstein
Organizations
- Servicespace
- Karma Clinic
- Airbnb ~ a peer-to-peer lodging rentals
- Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE)
People
Podcasts
Video Recordings
- Living in the Gift ~ Charles Eisenstein
- Occupy Economics
- Story of the Finance Lab
- Living without Growth ~ Charles Eisenstein
- Designing for Generosity ~ Nipun Mehta
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