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Moneychangers Part 5 ~ Q & A with Ben Zoba

Last updated on: April 9, 2015 at 11:58 am By Wendy Murray

This post concludes the five-part podcast series titled Moneychangers, in which we have explored with civic activist, Ben Zoba, the inherent flaws of the current money system, its spiritual implications, and ways to move toward a new paradigm. As mentioned in previous podcasts, Ben does not presume to be an expert on the intricacies of these matters, though he has researched them extensively. He speaks smartly and with the passion of a man under conviction, believing that what is at stake... Read more

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2015-04-18T18:56:33-04:00

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Moneychangers Part 4 ~ Beginning points toward a better way

Last updated on: April 18, 2015 at 6:56 pm By Wendy Murray

A Conversation with Ben Zoba about Money, Part 4 In this installment — the fourth with Ben Zoba about the failures of the current money system — we discuss some models of how others have explored and successfully appropriated a new paradigm for financial exchange. He highlights, for example, the Wir credit exchange, in Switzerland, which has experienced great success; Ellen Brown‘s work, which explores a public banking system (through the government) over against the current private banking system; Thomas Greco‘s paradigm of... Read more

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Moneychangers ~ Part 3: The psychological effect of money scarcity

Last updated on: July 21, 2015 at 3:21 pm By Wendy Murray

In this third installment of our conversation with local farmer and community activist, Ben Zoba, he explores the hidden psychological impact of people trying to flourish in an environment of monetary scarcity. Building upon the points discussed in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, Ben makes the case that the manufactured scarcity of money creates a social environment that indirectly sets citizens against one another as each contends for limited funds to build their lives and aspire toward... Read more

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2015-04-18T18:52:27-04:00

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Moneychangers Part 2 ~ What is the Federal Reserve and how is it hurting families?

Last updated on: April 18, 2015 at 6:52 pm By Wendy Murray

A conversation with Ben Zoba, Part 2 of 5 In this second of five installments of my conversation with farmer and community activist, Ben Zoba, he discusses the irregularities associated with the formation of the Federal Reserve Bank in 1913 — which is run by a contingent of private bankers who wield sole control over the ebb and flow of economies worldwide. Ben sees this control, and its debilitating effects on citizens, as a singular attack on fundamental institutions, most... Read more

2015-04-18T18:50:36-04:00

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Moneychangers Part 1 ~ Is it time to rethink how we “do” money”?

Last updated on: April 18, 2015 at 6:50 pm By Wendy Murray

A conversation with Ben Zoba, Part 1 of 5 The post-holiday season stands as a stark reminder to a majority of Americans of the raw force of being in debt and the panic that is often associated with that. In this series of five podcasts, in conversation with Benjamin Zoba, I will be exploring the unsettled, sometimes hostile relationship between persons and their money. Ben is an organic farmer and community activist in a small town north of Boston who, in... Read more