Producism Manifesto
* The Producism Manifesto. People-Powered Stimulus Packages and Sustainable Local Communities. By Drew Little.
URL = http://producism.org/book-summary/
Description
"The goal of this book is to succinctly explain fundamental problems in the U.S.’s current economic system, and to propose a solution that is easy to understand through the use of text, image, and video content. A mobile application will also accompany the book, with the same goals described above.
The book will rely on examples and analogies to convey a message that is easily relatable to concepts with which many people are already familiar. Book will be broken down into 2 parts: 1.) Traditional Capitalism/Problem (Scarcity) 2.) Producism Evolution of Capitalism/Solution (Abundance)
Chapters will be organized both chronologically and topically to present first the history of trade and capitalism, and then the progression of events that led to the current manifestation of our consumer-oriented economy. This will describe the social and political problems associated with our economy as it functions now. Then, we will introduce the person, events, and ideas that led to the conception of Producism’s new economical approach.
We will describe the mission, purpose, function, and effects that Producism is designed to implement, and explain the benefits and challenges associated with this new system of living, learning, and earning. Included in the book sections will be a glossary of terms. We will provide details for additional resources for readers to learn more about a particular topic."
Contents
Introduction a. Capitalism Defined
b. What is Money?
History
a. Middle Ages – p2p currency and feudalism
b. U.S. – Colonial era
c. Revolutionary War – dispute of the control of currency
d. Civil War – dispute not over slavery, but debt
e. Industrial Revolution – rise of Capitalism
f. 1913 – Federal Reserve created – obtains monopoly on creation of the U.S. dollar
g. 1971 – gold standard abandoned , fiat currency’s effect on U.S. economy
h. 1990’s – bank deregulation
i. 2008 Housing Bubble/Financial Crisis – the cat is out of the bag
Current System Operation
a. Fiscal deficit
b. Consumer-driven
c. Debt-driven income
d. Bank-owned country
Failures
a. Politics
b. Wealth gap
c. Poverty
d. Unemployment/underemployment
e. Education
f. Environmental destruction
g. Media
h. Sickness
Future Outcome
Producism
Origin
a. Founder – Background, struggles
b. Idea – Labor Day 2010
Concept
a. Mutual credit, Social Entrepreneurship, Co-operatives, Crowdsourcing, Crowdfunding, Cause-based Social Networking, Start-up Incubation, Gamification introduced through 3-part system:
b. Awareness – Producism Nation (social enterprise media company)
c. Education/Training – Unified Potential (university-based social enterprise startup school)
d. Implementation – Producia (evolved marketplace)
Purpose
a. Collective Self-Actualization in a Sustainable World
Criticisms
a. Reduced credit – can’t spend outside of our means
b. Change of habit – the transition
c. Loss of traditional financial indusry market share
d. Skeptics May Say It’s Disguised As Communism/Socialism? – however, it’s the ultimate balance of collectivism and individualism
Implementation
a. Internet – software, digital currencies
b. Universities – attributes of students/millennials – agents of change/movement makers
c. Local communities – individuals, businesses, and non-profits
d. The World – borderless scale
The Future of Producia
A day in the life
More Information
- prezi presentation via http://prezi.com/zca0g9br-3em/producia-welcome-to-the-new-economy/