THE FUTURE OF MONEY Bernard A. Lietaer - library.uniteddiversity ...

What I am proposing here is that humanity reaches sustainability
within a time span of one generation, rather than later (see sidebar).
The monetary component of such a strategy aims at unleashing the
extraordinary creativity of which humans are capable, and tapping
the capacities of the technologies of abundance that are now
becoming available. The strategy proposed would also avoid the
massive suffering that a monetary collapse would entail. Taking
some precautionary measures now will be infinitely cheaper than
trying to repair damages later. A spare tyre may look useless most of
the time, until one has a puncture in an awkward place ...
Many people/organisations focus on either sustainability (e.g. the
ecological movement) or abundance (e.g. the corporate world), but
not both. Of course there are many activities where sustainability and
abundance are genuinely in conflict. If you want an abundance of
timber, you will have to cut more trees; if you have an abundance of
cars, expect pollution and traffic jams. However, such intrinsic
conflict is fortunately not valid in all domains. Specifically, the three
waves described by the Stanford professor of 2020 happen to be
activities where sustainability and abundance are not only
compatible but synergistic.
That is why I became so curious to discover what is already visible
now of what the Stanford professor of 2020 credited for the shift
towards Sustainable Abundance. Here is a synthesis of the evidence I
have found so far.
Towards an Integral Economy?
To begin, we should clarify some cryptic notions such as a Yin,
Yang or an Integral Economy casually referred to by the professor of
2020. What can we discover now about these concepts?