En intervju med Bernard Lietaer från 2003:

"We're treating money as if it is God-given, like rain or the number of planets in the solar system. But it isn't. If you don't like the quality of rain, there's not much you can do about it. If you don't like your money system, maybe you can do something about it.

Assume that a Martian lands in Denver on the wrong side of the
tracks. He ends up in one of the ghettos and finds that the houses
are run down, the kids not taken care of, the elderly in trouble, and
the trees dying. He sees all these things, and discovers that there
are people and organizations absolutely equipped and ready to solve
every one of those problems. So this Martian asks, "What are you
waiting for?" The answer: "We're waiting for money." "What is money?" the Martian inquires. "It's an agreement in a community to use something as a medium of exchange." Don't you think he may leave the planet believing there is no intelligent life here?

The point is: if money is an agreement within the community to use
something as a medium of exchange, we can create new agreements, can't we? That is exactly what people are already doing all over the world. So why don't we do it here? If we're waiting for conventional currency to solve all our problems, aren't we waiting for Godot?"

Intervjun finns även HÄR, på Ellen Browns wikispace.
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