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Sacred Economics traces the history of money from traditional gift economies to modern capitalism, exposing how the money system has added to alienation, competition, and scarcity; ruined community; and necessitated never-ending expansion. Today, these movements reach their extreme - but in the wake of their collapse, we might find great possibility to transition to a far more linked, ecological, and lasting way of being. This publication is about how the amount of money system must change - and is already changing - to embody this change. A broadly included synthesis of theory, plan, and practice, Sacred Economics explores avant-garde principles of the New Economics, including negative-interest currencies, local currencies, resource-based economics, gift economies, and the restoration of the commons. Author Charles Eisenstein also considers the non-public dimensions of the transition, talking with those worried about "right livelihood" as well as how to live according with their ideals in a global apparently ruled by money. Tapping directly into a wealthy lineage of normal and unconventional financial thought, Sacred Economics presents a eye-sight that is original yet commonsense, radical yet light, and progressively more relevant as the crises of our civilization deepen.
