Chester Mind-Body Philosophy Seminar Series ~ Seminar No. 6: Philosophy of Money
Friday, April 25th 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the Cave, 19-1 Bates Road Chester
Two hours of yoga, philosophy, refreshments, wonderment. Suggested donation: $20
For more info call 526-9186 or email vood@cummings-good.co
“From coin to paper currency, and from currency to credit card there is a steady progression toward commercial exchange as the movement of information itself. This trend toward an inclusive information is the kind of image represented by the credit card, and approaches once more the character of tribal money. For tribal society, not knowing the specialisms of job or of work, does not specialize money either. Its money can be eaten, drunk, or worn like the new space ships that are now designed to be edible. “Work,” however, does not exist in a nonliterate world. The primitive hunter or fisherman did no work, any more than does the poet, painter, or thinker today. Where the whole man is involved there is no work.” (Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media)
Primary text for seminar:
• Sarah Gelder, “Beyond Greed and Scarcity: An Interview with Bernard Lietaer”
Other recommended texts:
• Stephen Zarlenga, “A Brief Monetary History of the United States”
• E. C. Riegel, “Breaking The English Tradition”
• Catherine Austin Fitts, “Narcodollars for Beginners”
• Thomas Greco, “New Money for Healthy Communities”
Recommended videos:
• Money As Debt – Paul Grignon’s brillian animated film about modern money.
• Creature From Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve - G. Edward Griffin’s history of the Fed
• Money, Banking and the Federal Reserve - Analysis of the American banking system from the Austrian School of Economics (Ludwig von Mises Institute)
• The Money Masters: How International Bankers Gained Control of America
