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[Bill Totten]

Freedom from Debt Slavery

Welcome to the Website of Prosperity.

Prosperity is a monthly Money Reform journal based in Glasgow, Scotland,
which is dedicated to spreading understanding about the nature of our
debt-based money system, and campaigning for publicly-created debt-free
money.

What is Money Reform?

Money Reform (sometimes called, Monetary Reform) highlights the fact
that our economy today is "debt-based", meaning that virtually all money
is supplied into the economy as a debt owed to the private banking
system. We are reliant upon this banking system for the supply of almost
all our means of exchange. In Britain today, 97% of our money stock is
created by this private banking system as a debt, while only three per
cent is created by the government debt-free. As we explain on this
website, that is both a technical absurdity and a democratic offence.

As a consequence of virtually all our money coming into existence as a
debt, we see the indebtedness of people, families and countries growing
daily. Money Reformers believe the present debt-based system perpetrates
debt slavery, and this is destructive of society, the environment and
the planet. Money Reformers believe this debt-based money supply is the
big issue which governs all the issues.

Money Reformers advocate that the virtual Monopoly of Money Creation
must be removed from the private banking system and we work to establish
a publicly-created supply of debt-free money, created on behalf of the
people, by a public body. This money should be spent, not lent, into
society on the basis of proven need. This will gradually reduce the
overall burden of debt in society, break reliance upon the private
banking system for the supply of money, open potential for change, and
empower people democratically. The Money Reformers' proposal is not a
left-wing, or right-wing idea. It's just good sense!

This website carries some of the articles, interviews, and reviews which
have appeared in back-issues of our journal, and which investigate and
explain the debt-based money system, and which publicise the debt-free
alternative. If our debt-free Money Reform ideas are new to you then we
recommend reading the following articles to obtain a comprehensive
introduction to our case.

For a short, general introduction to the problem of a debt-based money
supply see "Bankrolling the World into Chaos" {1} by author Michael
Rowbotham, and also see his call that debt-free money is "The Single
Most Important Reform" {2}. Then for a fully comprehensive explanation
on how the banking system creates money for both private and commercial
needs, including a description of how notes and coins are created, how
banks create money for national needs, and how international debt is
created, see "How Private, Commercial, National and International Money
is Created" {3}.

Bill Clarke explains "The Case for Monetary Reform" {4} and emphasises
the extent to which most people are unaware of the debt-based manner in
which almost all money comes into existence. This article should be read
with Richard Greaves' summary of "The Negative Consequences of the
Debt-Based Money System" {5}.

Alistair McConnachie addresses the democratic necessity for Money Reform
in his articles "Money for the People" {6} and by the "People and in
Publicly-Created Money: The Democratic Imperative" {7} where he also
deals with some frequently heard objections to the Money Reformers'
debt-free money proposal.

James Gibb Stuart is "Making a Case for Money Reform" {8} and laying out
a basic debt-free money proposal, while Ron Morrison deals with how such
a proposal could be brought into operation, and advocates that we
"Establish a State Bank" {9} to provide society with a regular supply of
debt-free money.

Prosperity developed from the meetings of the Bromsgrove Group which
meets annually outside Bromsgrove, near Birmingham. Each issue carries
the Group's Statement of Belief which is a succinct general summary of
the Money Reform case. Prosperity does not promote any particular
"brand" of monetary reform, nor are we critiquing the system from any
particular political or religious perspective. It is edited and
published by Alistair McConnachie and can be contacted at:

Prosperity
268 Bath Street
Glasgow, Scotland
UK, G2 4JR
Telephone : 0141 332 2214
Fax : 0141 353 6900
email: admcc at admcc.freeserve.co.uk

Links:

{1} http://www.prosperityuk.com/articles_and_reviews/articles/bankchaos.php

{2} http://www.prosperityuk.com/articles_and_reviews/articles/mosimprt.php

{3} http://www.prosperityuk.com/articles_and_reviews/articles/moneymake.php

{4} http://www.prosperityuk.com/articles_and_reviews/articles/casefmr.php

{5} http://www.prosperityuk.com/articles_and_reviews/articles/negcon.php

{6} http://www.prosperityuk.com/articles_and_reviews/articles/monftp.php

{7} http://www.prosperityuk.com/articles_and_reviews/articles/faq.php

{8} http://www.prosperityuk.com/articles_and_reviews/articles/caseref.php

{9} http://www.prosperityuk.com/articles_and_reviews/articles/statebank.php


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