Christian Kozina in Andreas Giselbrecht@ekonomija blaginje

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... alternative economic system

profit maximization

competition (?)

dominance of

international concerns companies must grow

competition between

countries and regions

The Economy for the Common Good is an ...

Dominant system at the moment: Neoliberalism


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... alternative economic system

ATTAC: international movementworking towards social, environ-

mental and democratic alterna-

tives in the globalization process

Christian Felber, co-founder of

ATTAC Austria, publicist and author

initiated ECG and Democratic Bank


Christian Felber and


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... alternative economic systemThe Economy for the Common Good is an ...


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Alternatives to the present economic system?

COMMUNISM? CAPITALISM?

New economic system?


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What makes people happy?

Good human relationships!

Which values lead to good human

relationships? Idea: build up an economic

system on these values

The idea of the Economy for the Common Good


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cooperation rather than competition

common good rather than profits

benefits for good companies

new definition of economic success:common good balances (companies)

common good product (countries)

=> Change the incentives!


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Human DignitySolidarity

EcologicalSustainability

Social Justice

Co-determination

& Transparency


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lower taxes

higher funding

cheaper credits

advantages in public purchase

=> Sustainable products and services

cheaper than non-sustainable.

Benefits for successful companies


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Further puzzle pieces of the ECG

rules how to use surplusses

limitation of financial inequalities

reduction of working hours

free yearscommon good oriented eduction system

changes of constitution

reduction of ecological footprint

real democracy


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real democracy

regional parlaments for economic questions

democratic commons democratic banking

border control for capital transactions

global monetary cooperations fair trade zones


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real democracy

regional parlaments for economic questions

democratic commons democratic banking

border control for capital transactions

global monetary cooperations fair trade zones

ideas and proposes

=> democratic discussion=> democratic voting


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... international social movement

pioneers,

consultants,

auditors,

speakers, editors,

scientists, ...


Commitment of thousands of people

circles

Germany (22),

Spain (21),

Austria (8),

Switzerland (3),

Italy (1), ...

Slovenia?

energyfields


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... international social movementThe Economy for the Common Good is an ...

companies

public institutions

associations

communities regions

private persons

Everybody can be part of it!

participative

open-ended

bottom-up growing


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... international social movementThe Economy for the Common Good is an ...

858 companies

152 associations

2.898 private persons

almost 4.000 official supporters

Supporters (November 7th, 2012):

pioneer: KWB


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KWB Biomass heating

systems (10-300 kW)

First Common-Good

Balance-Sheet 2011

350 employees www.kwb.at ; www.kwb.si

... put into practiseThe Economy for the Common Good ...
http://www.kwb.at/http://www.kwb.at/http://www.kwb.at/http://www.kwb.si/http://www.kwb.si/http://www.kwb.at/http://www.kwb.at/http://www.kwb.at/


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... Profit orientation leads to:The Project Democratic Bank


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... Profit orientation leads to:The Project Democratic Bank

They cant guarantee for your savings

They dont like to take risk - Credit crunch

They increase costs for your giro account

They close affiliates

They destabilise the finance market investment

banking

They take money from the government our money


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we want to be different!The Project Democratic Bank...


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...we make our own bank!The Project Democratic bank...

transparentCommon-good

oriented

demokratic regional

We are the first common-

good oriented and

democratic leaded bank in

Austria


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Common-good loans

Common-good profit

Common-good interest-rate

NO speculation

... we found our own bankThe Economy for the Common Good ...

Common-goodoriented
http://www.kwb.at/http://www.kwb.at/


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Project board

transparent wages

transparent organisation

Transparent separate assets

Accumulated interestabandonment


transparent
http://www.kwb.at/http://www.kwb.at/


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Politicalengagement for a

democratic bank- and

finance system New communication

(Council, Dialogue, Systemic

Consens)

DemBa-Academy


democratic


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Private cooperative bank

Regional projects

Common Good Economy

companies

Center: Vienna

First affiliates: Styria,Lower- and upper Austria


regional


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... Our portfolioThe Project Democratic Bank ...

Credit BusinessSpeculation-free

Saving books

Cooperative

Borrowings

Bank Giro

Account


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... steps to goThe Project Democratic Bank...

...


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... people want an alternative bankThe Project Democratic Bank...


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... we are differentThe Project Democratic Bank...


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...how we are organisedThe Project Democratic Bank...

www.teamlab.com
http://www.teamlab.com/


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we found our own bankThe Project Democratic Bank...


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Thank you for your attention!

Christian [email protected]

http://www.gemeinwohl-oekonomie.org

Andreas Giselbrechtwww.demokratische-bank.at

[email protected]

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