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Money defined in seven categories

A report from Ruanda

In modern times, a theory of money is inevitably a theory of society. Such theoretical effort is very much called for.

Discussion about the relationship between work and the ability of a job to generate meaning.

Money is both real and unreal at the same time. Why is this and why is value a product of imagination?

Volunteers often find their work more meaningful than professionals do.

We need money for the necessities of life. Thus – money must shape our thinking. What implications does that have?

Prof. Dr. Theo Wehner views mistakes as learning chances

In brief, it is the key to understanding what money does to us – and what it does to the world.

Introduction to the Sunflower discussion group

"Sunflower" critically examines money: The situation of money is critical, and the aim is to critically assess money.

Prof. Dr. Theo Wehner talks about activity and purpose

The Thesis to the Origin of Money by Eske Bockelmann

A money-free world: Would it be possible? Would we make it possible?

The beat rhythm has its origin in the fact that we have to deal with money every single day.

In 2008, a financial crisis descended upon the world. A film sheds light on the backdrop and the history.

Money influences our perception. An experiment by Theo Wehner.

Money and Material I: What are the origins of money?

Money and Material II: How did coins actually come to physically represent exchange value? Eske Bockelmann explains.

Money and Material III: From a coin as a unit of exchange value to a function that is only defined digitally.

Money and Time I: The economy is forced to make more money out of money.

Money and Time II: The economy is forced to make more money out of money. But what actually drives this compulsion?

Money and Time III: The capitalist system is based on money as capital: money that yields more money.

Money and Power I: A toothbrush belongs to one person. The soil that feed many people follows other laws.

Money and Power II: It’s the people in our society who are forced to buy and sell.

Money and Power III: The need for money springs from governments.

Money and Relationship I: What constitutes the «I» in modern times?

Money and Relationship II: In a modern society, its members are linked by dependence on money. What does this mean?

Money and Relationship III: Our world as external world is made into a sellable thing, a commodity.

Thought Form I: Let you take on an imaginary journey to see what happens with monetary value as a pure number.

Thought Form II: Money and merchandise veil themselves in subject and object.

Thought Form III: We can buy everything with money, and we interpret everything in the form it assumes through money.

Money and Exchange I: Exchange, gift, obligation – when, where and how do they come into play?

Money and Exchange II: Purchasing replaces people’s comprehensive sense of obligation.

Money and Exchange III: The emergence of the market economy made money the universal medium of interchange.

Beyond Money I: Is it possible to think beyond money, since we only know the world shaped by money?

Beyond Money II: In the commons approach, money confronts something that involves collective participation.

Beyond Money III: The modern means of production and distribution are to be re-used – without money.