ECONOMY IS ABOUT US WE CAN AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT ECONOMY OUR PERSPECTIVE ON ECONOMY

ECOLOGY = UNDERSTANDING OF OUR HOUSE ECONOMY = HOUSEKEEPING ECO COMES FROM THE GREEK “OIKOS”, WHICH MEANS HOUSE

VALUES BEHIND THE RULES OF OUR ECONOMY THIS COMMUNITY CREATES LOTS OF WEALTH AND JOBS, A FANTASTIC GROWTH!

LAND LABOUR CAPITAL

WHY INTEREST-FREE ECONOMY? AN INTEREST-FREE ECONOMY HELPS TO CREATE… A FAIR SOCIETY AND SUSTAINABLE

AN INTEREST-FREE ECONOMY… STOPS THE REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH FROM THOSE WHO HAS LESS TO THOSE WHO HAS MORE

FROM BARTER EXCHANGE TO… MONEY! WHICH: IS A MEAN OF EXCHANGE WORKS AS A STANDARD PRESERVES THE VALUE

THEN PEOPLE STARTED TO USE INTERESTS AND THE MEANS OF EXCHANGE “MONEY” STARTED TO BE SEEN AS A MERCHANDISE TODAY IT IS GENERALLY ACEPTED THAT SOME PEOPLE EARN MONEY ONLY BECAUSE THEY OWN MONEY, BUT MONEY… * CAN NOT GROW * CAN NOT WORK THERE’S ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO HAS TO PAY FOR THAT

THE NATURE OF COMPOUND INTEREST YEAR 0 SAVING 1 KR TO 5% INTEREST YEAR 2010

Interest paid and interest/profits received by Swedish population during 2007

Debt of the Swedish families and companies Blue – families Pink - companies

AN INTEREST-FREE ECONOMY.. …MAKES EASIER FOR THE GOVERNMENT, THE REGIONS AND THE MUNICIPALITIES TO USE THE MONEY FOR IMPORTANT SERVICES (INSTEAD OF USING IT TO PAY INTERESTS)

The Swedish national debt Billion SEK

State’s expenses: 790,3 billion SEK Interest payed for the state: 48,2 billion SEK

State’s expenses 2008

Aid: OECD, Interest and Repayments: UNCTAD, Handbook of.statistics 2008, si.d 379 EVERY YEAR…IN BILLION DOLLARS AND GLOBALLY? AID INTERESTS REPAYMENTS

AND DON’T FORGET THAT THERE´S USUALLY “HIDDEN INTERESTS” IN THE THINGS THAT YOU BUY