tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743108525536134491.post5481176797458853..comments2023-11-27T13:34:07.127-08:00Comments on The effusions of M. Julius Beezer: It's a wonderful lifeDouglas Carnall, @juliuzbeezerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13563159368217318352noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743108525536134491.post-80495346317872433752010-06-24T23:16:56.332-07:002010-06-24T23:16:56.332-07:00Apparently my big capitalist/little capitalist jud...Apparently my big capitalist/little capitalist judgement is unjust: it seems George Bailey was running a mutual during the great financial crisis of 1929. But still, it's all money, money.<br /><br />It is true that if we abolished money, pretty soon we'd invent something that looked just like it. The need for trade, and the division of labour would see to that.<br /><br />But how to build justice into such a system? Me, I find the concepts of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_banking" rel="nofollow">Islamic banking</a> (against "insurance" and interest) <a href="http://www.qis.net/~daruma/business.html" rel="nofollow">Quaker business method</a> (good listening) and <a href="https://www.adbusters.org/features/what_would_buddha_buy.html" rel="nofollow">buddhist approaches to consumerism</a> interesting possible ways forward.Douglas Carnall, @juliuzbeezerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563159368217318352noreply@blogger.com