Money is woven into our minds, our perceptions, our identities. That is why, when a crisis of money strikes, it seems that the fabric of reality is unraveling, too—that the very world is falling apart. Yet this is also cause for great optimism, because money is a social construction that we have the power to change. What new kinds of perceptions, and what new kinds of collective actions, would accompany a new kind of money?  – The fourth installment from Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition. (more)

If you’re going to see and think your way clearly, you’re going to have to switch the view. If you want illumination as to true events, it’s better to plug into a thousand sources than be fed by one where the content must be skewed to suit the investments of the owners. The future of media lies in the hands of the people. (more)

Why should money be the root of all evil? After all, the purpose of money is, at its most basic, simply to facilitate exchange — in other words, to connect human gifts with human needs. What power, what monstrous perversion, has turned money into the opposite: an agent of scarcity? – The third installment from Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition. (more)

My intention is that by identifying the core features of the economics of Separation, we may be empowered to envision an economics of Reunion, an economics that restores to wholeness our fractured communities, relationships, cultures, ecosystems, and planet. – The second installment from Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition. (more)

I threw a big party where I told everyone to bring seven dollars in one-dollar bills. We stamped the bills with the word, Satisfied? On the day after Thanksgiving, we took this huge bag of money and climbed to the top of a phone booth in the biggest shopping district in NYC, took out the money in big fistfuls, and tossed it out into the crowd. (more)

Welcome to the home page for the on-line version of Sacred Economics. This is a book that explores, on a social, political, and personal level, the transition in money and economy that is upon us today. With the agreement of the publisher, EVOLVER EDITIONS/North Atlantic Books, I am making the full text available on line one chapter at a time over a period of about six months. By the end of 2011, the complete book will be on this website. The print version will be available July 12, 2011. (more)

Humanity is only beginning to awaken to the true magnitude of the crisis at hand. If the economic transformation I describe seems miraculous, that is because nothing less than a miracle is needed to heal our world. – The first installment from Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition. (more)

This story is about a world of calamitous accidents, all of which could have been avoided. They represent unnecessary loss of life and the loss of billions of dollars. In the tragedies I describe here, the mistakes and the lies belonged to the rich and powerful, and none of the perpetrators went to prison. (more)

New technology's global digital infrastructure has become the basis for a new information economy whose most obvious feature is the abundance of free or low-cost information. Because it has become a dominant feature of our time, information abundance is forcing a deeper look at the concept itself. (more)

Propaganda tactics developed during World War I are now the foundation for our entire addiction-based consumer system. The dehumanizing force we now call "public relations" has been targeting demographic groups since the 1920s, starting with the American housewife. (more)