Swiss Vollgeld-Initiative - Lessons Learnt after the Referendum on Sovereign Money
Channel: Monetative TV
Date: 2018-12-16

On June 10, the Swiss people voted on a radical change of the current money system. Learn about the referendum and its consequences in this video and on the website: http://conference2018.monetative.de/ 

Speech: "Credit creation, asset prices and banking crises: What’s the link?" at the Conference "The Future of Money - 10 Years after Lehman and Nakamoto" by Prof. Dr. Steve Keen.

Emma Dawnay and Maurizio Degiacomi are both part of the board of the NGO Monetäre Modernisierung which ran the Swiss Vollgeld Initiative in June 2018. The Referendum has created a lot of publicity all over the world and brought the structure and the problems of the current money system into mainstream media. The Referendum was rejected with ca. 25% voting for the introduction of a Vollgeld / Sovereign Money system. However, it can be conceived as a major step for the discussion about the (mis)functioning of the current fractional reserve money system. 
The conference was jointly organized by the German NGO Monetative e.V. and the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center. It was supported by the International Movement for Monetary Reform

Monetative e.V.:
Monetative is a not-for-profit NGO. It was founded in 2012 as a think tank and campaigning organization. It has more than 160 members, many of  whom work or carry out research in the field of monetary systems. The aim of Monetative is to inform society, academics and politicians how the current money system works and why the power of commercial banks to create money systematically produces financial crises. As an alternative money system, Monetative campaigns for a „Vollgeld“- or „Sovereign Money“-System.

https://www.monetative.de/ | Berlin, Germany

Frankfurt School Blockchin Center
The Frankfurt School Blockchain Center is a think tank and research center which investigates the implications of blockchain technology for companies and their business models. Apart from the development of prototypes, it serves as a platform for managers, startups and technology and industry experts to share knowledge and best practices. The Blockchain Center also provides new research impulses and develops training for students and executives. It focuses on banking, mobility, “Industry 4.0” and the energy sector. 

http://www.fs-blockchain.de/ | Frankfurt, Germany

International Movement for Monetary Reform (IMMR)
The IMMR is an international coalition of nonprofit organisations from across the world, campaigning for a monetary system that serves society. We maintain a very clear and specific aim, namely to change the way money is created and allocated, but we are not dogmatic about the way our proposal is implemented as the details will vary from country to country. To serve this goal, the IMMR supports and connects various national member organisations to share ideas, discuss research and exchange best practices.

Read more: https://internationalmoneyreform.org