Resource Directory: Alternative Economies

These links are to organizations or publications that challenge the current dominant economic institutions, including the money system, at their roots and propose alternative ideas “outside the box” of the dominant cultural and ideological biases. A hallmark is distrust of centralized institutions, far removed from the communities they are supposed to serve.

The E.F Schumacher Society and Library

The E. F. Schumacher Society is an educational non-profit organization. Programs designed to demonstrate social and environmental sustainability. (Schumacher originated the phrase “Small Is Beautiful”.)

NORFED

Home of the Liberty Dollar certificates and Gold Liberty certificates. A non-profit organization dedicated to creating an alternative to the Federal Reserve’s inflationary currency. Liberty dollars are currently used as a medium of exchange worldwide.