Ed Dowding

The best way to survive the 21st century is together. The way we do things today does not need to be, nor can it be, the way we do things tomorrow.

14 big trends to watch in 2013

http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/12/14-trends-for-2013.html

Manifestos for life

Posters in the Hub Westminster with typographical design by Robert Reed.

Colalife

Diy economy

Genm

Nonsilo

Oneleap

Redthread

Wethink

Source: This is Reed

Debt forgiveness. For everyone. For ever.

Still no idea why this wouldn’t work if you think big enough.

One could slash private debt by 100pc of GDP, boost growth, stabilize prices, and dethrone bankers all at the same time. It could be done cleanly and painlessly, by legislative command, far more quickly than anybody imagined.

The conjuring trick is to replace our system of private bank-created money — roughly 97pc of the money supply — with state-created money. We return to the historical norm, before Charles II placed control of the money supply in private hands with the English Free Coinage Act of 1666.

Specifically, it means an assault on “fractional reserve banking”. If lenders are forced to put up 100pc reserve backing for deposits, they lose the exorbitant privilege of creating money out of thin air.

Source: IMF’s epic plan to conjure away debt and dethrone bankers

Public spending by UK government department

Open this one – the embed below is too small, sorry. Public spending by UK government department: an interactive guide

Where does money come from?