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Sacred Economics

Introduction: (German) (Swedish) (French) (Spanish)  (Hungarian) (Italian) (Dutch) (Greek) (Polish)

Chapter 1: The Gift World (German)(Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 2: Greed and the Illusion of Scarcity (German) (Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 3: Money and the Mind (German) (Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 4: The Trouble with Property  (German) (Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 5: The Corpse of the Commons (German) (Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 6: The Economics of Usury (German) (Swedish)(Polish)

Chapter 7: The Crisis of Civilization (German) (Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 8: The Turning of the Age (German) (Swedish)(Polish)

Chapter 9: The Story of Value (German) (Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 10: The Law of Return (German) (Italian) (Swedish) (Polish)

Chapter 11: Currencies of the Commons  (German) (Swedish) (Dutch)

Chapter 12: Negative-interest Economics (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 13: Steady-state and Degrowth Economics (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 14: The Social Dividend (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 15: Local and Complementary Currencies (German)(Swedish)

Chapter 16: Transition to Gift Economy (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 17: Summary and Roadmap  (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 18: Relearning Gift Culture (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 19: Non-Accumulation (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 20: Right Livelihood and Sacred Investing  (German) (Swedish)(Italian)

Chapter 21: Working in the Gift (German) (Swedish) (Italian)

Chapter 22: Community and the Unquantifiable  (German) (Swedish)(Italian)

Chapter 23: A New Materialism (German) (Swedish)

Chapter 24: Conclusion: The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Tell Us Is Possible   (German) (Swedish)

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