On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Tresy Kilbourne wrote:

> It's a pretty frightening proposition, that we are on an accelerating bus
> driven by a madman, but I don't see how we can get off it. Any ideas?

Well Tresy, there ARE many good ideas and they have to do with a careful
and thoughtful analysis of the existing money-system based on national
currencies.

Go to this site:

http://www.transaction.net/money

Have a look at the money conference (open to all) and also at Bernard
Lietaer's book _The Future of Money: Beyond Greed and Scarcity_.

The book is at:

http://www.transaction.net/money/book/index.html

I present this as a challenge to all the participants on this list. Try
wrapping your minds around the advantages and disadvantages of different
money-system, rather than engaging in repetitive diatribes about
the pros and cons of capitalism vs socialism.

You need to make your brains hurt. As they say...no pain, no gain. ;)

Harry Veeder