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Mon 9 Mar 2015 2:18PM

Can the Sardex model be adopted in Greece?

PA Panayotis Antoniadis Public Seen by 124

So, I start this thread for those (if any) interested in discussing how the Sardex model could be tried out in Greece.

There are many documents around for which I was mostly a "mediator" between the actors involved:
See
1) COMPARE project: http://compare-network.net/sardinia/ (and references there in)
2) Volos summer school: http://internet-science.eu/summer-school-2014/materials

I am now preparing a report on this but in the mean time you could check the following documents:
http://internet-science.eu/sites/eins/files/uploads/cook.ppt
http://www.internet-science.eu/sites/eins/files/uploads/Sardexnet20140721%20copy.pdf
http://internet-science.eu/sites/eins/files/uploads/Complementary%20Currency.pdf
http://www.internet-science.eu/sites/eins/files/uploads/VolosGeist.pdf
And videos of the presentations are available here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5n5PCiMJUTTv5pyJXEnDxYPXkhmgf__u

If you are interested in any of these I could invite some of the people involved to join the discussion ...

MS

Matthew Slater Mon 9 Mar 2015 2:23PM

Yes it can be, of course, but maybe what you really want to know is how well Sardex model will work for the solidarity economy.
Then you need to clarify what you mean by 'Sardex model'

PA

Panayotis Antoniadis Mon 9 Mar 2015 2:29PM

Perhaps the most important characteristic of what I call the "Sardex model" is the fact that transactions in Sardex are subject to taxes in euros (while at the same time there is no transferability between them).

Then there are various (important details) like the bootstrapping as a B2B system, the key role of brokers that facilitate the flow of credits, the business profile of Sardex itself, and more which could be discussed.

But starting from the basis that a complementary currency is "legal" and is not meant to disrupt (but support) the mainstream economy, sounds like a rather interesting option to be put on the table ...

MS

Matthew Slater Mon 9 Mar 2015 2:47PM

Well since the government has expressed a commitment to raise tax revenue, you would think they would be very supportive of business barter exchanges which create liquidity enabling transactions to happen which most governments claim are taxable.
It would be nice to have a friend in the Ministry of Finance who could report on what the new govt is thinking