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Working group formed for the International Conference on Degrowth 2014.
What monetary system do we need in a degrowth economy?
Does a degrowth economy need financial markets, and if so, which ones? What forms of investments are needed and how could they be organized?
How does a democratic control of the monetary system and the financial markets and investments look like?
Papers
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Participants
Results from Leipzig 2014
Consensual proposals:
Complementary currencies should be allowed in a degrowth societies.
Cooperative banks managed by communities will be established in degrowth societies.
If we want to reach a stationary or shrinking economy in a peaceful way, corrections in the monetary system are obligatory.
Money should be less important in degrowth societies.
Results from Barcelona 2010
Here you can find the results of the GAP at the Degrowth Conference 2010 in Barcelona that are particularly relevant for this working group. More.