## Metadata - Author: [[Margrit Kennedy]] - Full Title: Occupy Money - Category: #books ## Highlights - As long as the economy is forced to pursue the pathological growth of interest and compound interest in order to keep money circulating, we will need escalating economic growth even at the price of destroying our environment. Our monetary system currently allows us only the choice between two types of collapse: social or ecological. ([Location 308](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B009R6BSQ8&location=308)) - The exponential growth of money assets resulting from compound interest is mirrored in the growth of debt. One person’s financial assets are someone else’s debt. ([Location 337](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B009R6BSQ8&location=337)) - People wanting to invest in non-profits often work through foundations. But few realize that, since foundations generally operate via interest on capital, they reinforce the interest system. I propose an alternative: using investment money to implement a JAK system. ([Location 549](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B009R6BSQ8&location=549))