Bernard Lietaer's lecture on collective psychology of money

Bernard Lietaer gives an online lecture on the collective psychology and how this is affected/(re)created by our monetary systems. For the moment, the lecture is in Spanish only... http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/910168-bernard-lietaer-la-psicolog%C3%ADa-colectiva-del-dinero-y-nuevos-dise%C3%B1os (Copy and paste the link on your browser or click on the same link at the left column of the blog)

An entire Reportage without Frontiers has been dedicated to solidarity initiatives in Greece, focusing on parallel currencies, exchange networks and free bazaars. You may watch the broadcast by copying the link on your browser http://www.rwf.gr/192713/%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AD%CF%82/%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1/%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%B3%CF%8D%CE%B7-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7-%CF%86%CF%84%CF%8E%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1/ or by clicking on the link at the left column of the blog!

Random thoughts about an economy

This is a short article written in May 2011 and based on some of my research notes. It has been published last Saturday at Radiobubble'σ website (www.radiobubble.gr).

The text is for the moment in Greek and it will be uploaded in English too, shortly.

You may copy this link on your browser
http://news.radiobubble.gr/2012/04/29-2011-1.html

or click on it at the left column of the blog!

The terms and their economies

This paper has already been pre-published as it has been presented at the 8th Conference on Terminology organised by ELETO in Athens. Now, you may download the entire article from this link

http://www.eleto.gr/download/Conferences/8th%20Conference/Papers/8th_12-26_SotiropoulouEirini_paper3_V01.pdf

either by copying the link on your browser or by clicking on the link at the left column of the blog.

Transactions without euros in times of crisis: Coincidence, affinity or challenge?

This is the paper I have presented on November 10th 2011 at the Conference organised by the School of Management & Economics at Messolonghi. You may access the paper at this link
http://www.economy-krisis.net/wordpress/?page_id=480
or click on the link at the left column of this blog.

or you may download the paper in English or in Greek, from this page
http://www.economy-krisis.net/wordpress/?page_id=213
or click on the link at the left column of this blog.

At that same page of the conference papers, you will find very interesting works if you click on the link "Articles" at the top of the page. More papers will be uploaded shortly!

Short Stories of Dependency 2.0

By the occasion of the World Economics Association online conference, I prepared a new version of the Short Stories of Dependency. As you may see, I have not resolved the ethical issues I am facing in my research and in the meantime new issues have been raised.

You may find the new version of the paper at this link
http://economics.soc.uoc.gr/html/static_content/econ_phd/GR/Sotiropoulou/shortstoriesofdependency_Feb12_FULL%20VERSION.pdf (copy the link on your browser or click on it at the left column of the blog)

and you can participate at the WEA conference (conference participation is free), read the conference papers and make your comments at this link
http://weaethicsconference.wordpress.com/ (copy the link on your browser or click on it at the left column of the blog)

COMENTARIOS SOBRE LA NEUTRALIDAD DEL DINERO Y DEL ESTILO DE VIDA

En la bibliografía, la discusión sobre las monedas paralelas es casi siempre dedicada a presentar nuestro estilo de vida como algo natural, algo que puede continuar sólo por cambiar el sistema monetario. Eso es una idea de neutralidad del dinero en reverso: la teoría clásica dice que el dinero y el sistema monetario son neutrales en relación a la economía. Ahora, la discusión se hace sobre la pregunta si el sistema monetario es neutral a la estructura del sistema económico. Es decir, la teoría parece (escribo “parece”, porque no es algo claro y por supuesto no se han hecho tales investigaciones) conceptualizando la moneda como neutral en relación con la economía y especialmente a la economía política de nuestra sociedad.

Por ejemplo, si bien el trabajo de mujeres no es muy valorado (o, en muchas veces no es valorado de ninguna manera) en la economía convencional, en la literatura de monedas paralelas no vemos un gran esfuerzo por valorizar el trabajo de mujeres mucho más que lo que ellas reciben cuando su trabajo se paga con dinero convencional, y sin embargo se acepta una valorización injusta que deja al trabajo femenino al margen de la economía. Es decir,