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Sacred Economics
Introduction (read French version)
Chapter 1: The Gift World
Chapter 2: Greed and the Illusion of Scarcity
Chapter 3: Money and the Mind
Chapter 4: The Trouble with Property
Chapter 5: The Corpse of the Commons
Chapter 6: The Economics of Usury
Chapter 7: The Crisis of Civilization
Chapter 8: The Turning of the Age
Chapter 9: The Story of Value
Chapter 10: The Law of Return
Chapter 11: Currencies of the Commons
Chapter 12: Negative-interest Economics
Chapter 13: Steady-state and Degrowth Economics
Chapter 14: The Social Dividend
Chapter 15: Local and Complementary Currencies
Chapter 16: Transition to Gift Economy
Chapter 17: Summary and Roadmap
Chapter 18: Relearning Gift Culture
Chapter 19: Non-Accumulation
Chapter 20: Right Livelihood and Sacred Investing
Chapter 21: Working in the Gift
Chapter 22: Community and the Unquantifiable
Chapter 23: A New Materialism
Chapter 24: Conclusion: The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Tell Us Is Possible