NEW BOOK: VALUE BEYOND MONEY

 

A new book called Value Beyond Money promises to tell the full story of the failed Bristol Pound experiment.

The Bristol Pound, which was launched with great fanfare in 2012 and lasted until 2021, was the first local currency to have digital and paper money from the outset, and the first to enable the payment of local taxes in the local currency, with former Bristol mayor George Ferguson even accepting his entire salary in Bristol Pounds.

Its aim was to raise awareness of the importance of localisation of trade, building community wealth by trapping money in the local economy, but to its detractors it was no more than a glorified voucher system.

Value Beyond Money author Diana Finch, former managing director of the Bristol Pound, says that her book is an antidote to normal books about money and economics.

A crowdfunder is running throughout November to raise money for the book being published by charity publisher Arkbound Foundation.

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NEW BOOK TO TELL ‘FULL STORY' OF THE BRISTOL POUND (https://www.bristol247.com/culture/books/new-book-tell-full-story-bristol-pound/)

 

Books about money and economics are not obvious cases for crowdfunding support. However, this one is an antidote to normal books about money and economics. It contains absolutely no ideas for how to make us richer in financial terms, and is unlikely to be welcomed by anybody who gains from the current economic system! As such, it would be pretty much impossible to get the book published by any commercial publisher. Yet, the ideas explored in Value Beyond Money are very important if we are to create a socially just world in which Earth's resources are shared fairly and managed with concern for the long-term future of human and other life.

This campaign seeks to make Value Beyond Money become a reality. By contributing, you can also access a range of different rewards. Thank you!

The Book

Value Beyond Money takes the reader on a journey through many of the ideas behind new or alternative economic thinking, via Diana's experience of working on the Bristol Pound local currency project. The book assumes no prior knowledge about economics, new economics or anything else for that matter, and is an ideal starting point for anyone who is beginning to wonder whether just a bit more economic growth really will solve all our problems.

The Author

Diana Finch has been working in senior leadership roles in the non-profit sector for over twenty years. Through this work, she became increasingly convinced that the economic system itself was the cause of many of the environmental and social challenges she was trying to address. She had the opportunity to join the Bristol Pound team as Managing Director in 2018 and continued to lead the company until it closed its doors for the last time earlier this year. This experience helped her develop her understanding of the problems with our existing economic system, and made her determined to share what she has learned as widely as possible by writing this book.

For more information, or to order, see:
Value Beyond Money (https://crowdbound.org/product/value-beyond-money/)

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