Bernard Lietear, economist, central banker, psychologist, author and money designer, gives a vivid account of todays money system crisis - and what do to about changing it to serve us better. Lietaer talks about the four powerful human-created mega-trends that he expects to converge within ten years and that will need to be resolved within twenty years: Climate change and biodiversity extinction, age wave, information revolution and monetary instability. His conclusion: we will experience as much change in conscious ness within twenty years as over the past 5000 years. Bernard Lietaer has been active in the domain of money systems in an unusual variety of functions. He worked for the Central Bank in Belgium and acted as President of Belgium’s Electronic Payment System. He advised countries and multinational corporations on four continents. As a hedge fund manager he was named “the world’s top currency trader” by Business Week in 1992. He is the author of fourteen books, including The Future of Money translated in 18 languages.
