Local CurrenciesLinks to Ithaca Hours and other Local Currency Sites. |
History of the Metric SystemAdoption of Hour Money could be like adoption of the metric system, though we hope more rapid. |
World CurrencyWorld currency advocates identify the advantages of a single world currency, while I am advocating a single world standard money unit which would leave countries sovereignty over their own money. |
American Monetary Institute.The AMI wants the government to issue the base money supply of the nation, but so far fails to recognize the need for a standard money unit. Its director insists that the word "dollar" is its unit. |
Provisional World ParliamentThe PWP adopted an hour of work as the world money unit in 2004 at its meeting in India. In 2007, meeting in Togo, Africa, it named the currency "Earth Hours" with a circle and cross to symbolize the unity of human beings, North, South, West and East. |
Institute for Economic DemocracyThis site focuses on ending the long history of economic exploitation of the many by the few. It has many books available to read about it. I found J.W. Smith's books, The World's Wasted Wealth and Economic Democracy: The Political Struggle of the Twenty First Century especially helpful. |