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'''* Report: [[Democratic Money and Capital for the Commons]]. By Pat Conaty and David Bollier. [[Commons Strategies Group]] / Heinrich Boll Foundation, 2016.'''

URL = https://www.boell.de/en/2016/01/15/democratic-money-and-capital-commons [https://www.boell.de/sites/default/files/democratic_money_capital_for_the_commons_report_january2016.pdf pdf]

Report based on a intensive 'deep dive' conversation by experts from the funding world and actors in peer production, which examined funding possibilties for the commons and commons-based projects.


=Contents=

==I.  Why a Transformation of Money, Banking and Finance is Essential==

 Money as a System of Social Order                

 Public Money as an Essential Alternative to Bank-created Money

 Can Money and Commons “Play Nicely” Together?


==II.  How Can We Finance Commons and Commoning?==

 Reconceptualizing Credit and Risk for the Commons



==III.  Nine Institutional Forms to Transform Finance==

1.  Social and Ethical Lending

2.  Community Development Finance Institutions

3.  Public Banks

4.  Transition-Oriented Credit

5.  The Blockchain Ledger as a Community Infrastructure

6.  Complementary Currencies

7.  Crowdfunding for the Commons

8.  Enspiral and Commons-based Virtual Banking

9.  New Organizational Forms for Cooperative Accumulation

 Can These Finance Options Be Integrated into One Narrative?



==IV.  Strategies for Moving Forward ==

1.  Democratize Money

2.  Get Beyond Money (As We Know It)

3.  Back to the Future: Blending the Old and the New

4.  Engineer Systems for Cooperative Accumulation

5.  Macro-Map the New Monetary System as a Commons
 
 Overarching Themes and Tensions

 Next Steps

=More Information=

* Executive Summary at https://www.boell.de/sites/default/files/democratic_money_report_executive_summary_1.pdf


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