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| '''Francois Rey is a researcher on complementary currencies, based in the Provence, France'''
| | See: [[Francois Rey]] |
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| "In 2003 I looked into the Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) phenomenon and realized why it was giving so much trouble to lawyers and economists: because it defines a way forward very much at odd with the premises of our present structures of ownership and economic exchange. This also meant that in order to fully unleash its potential new economics and new rules must be developed.
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| I then started to focus more on understanding gift economies. In particular one striking feature for me was the absence of money in the exchange. Despite the absence of such key element in our society, tremendous achievements can still be observed in the case of F/OSS. Therefore I started to look more into the role of money, what it is and what it can be.
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| For that purpose Bernard Lietaer's book (The Future of Money) was an eye opener. Since the time read it in the summer of 2003 there has not been a single day in which I have not thought about money, how it was failing in our present life, how it relates to our human nature, and how else it can be. With my new understanding it became difficult to stand still in the face of the absurdity of our economics. Deep within I knew there were better ways and I felt compelled to do something. Money may not be the cure for all ills, but it sure is something that has a lot of influence. As a tool, we can do much better.
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| After having contemplated the ideas around complementary currencies and open money I felt we were missing something in our vision. Therefore I flipped the coin and looked at the other side: exchanges. Then a whole new space opened up in which the vision of Open eXchangeexternal link grew without hitting the wall of mystery and emotions surrounding money..."
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| (http://www.thetransitioner.org/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Fran%C3%A7ois%20Rey)
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