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Thomas Greco, Jr.

Thomas H. Greco, Jr. is the director of the Community Information Resource Center, which he founded in 1992. CIRC is a nonprofit consulting organization and networking hub dedicated to economic equity, social justice, and community improvement, specializing in community currency and mutual credit design, development, and implementation. He is a former engineer and professor of business administration. Tom's previous books include New Money for Healthy Communities and Money and Debt: A Solution to the Global Crisis For more information on re-creating money systems, visit another webpage of Tom's, Reinventing Money. For more information on Tom, please visit his website.

Thomas's Upcoming Events

  • Thomas Greco at the California Coop Conference
    547 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa California 95401-5241
    April 9, 2010, 1:20 pm

    Thomas Greco will be participating in a speaking panel at the California Coop Conference in Santa Rosa on April 9.

  • Thomas Greco at the Change Exchange Summit
    3975 Mountain Home Ranch Road, Calistoga California 94515
    April 12, 2010, 8:30 am

    Thomas Greco will be participating at the Change Exchange Summit at the Mayacamas Ranch in Calistoga, California on April 12 and 13.

  • Thomas Greco at the BALLE Conference in Charleston, South Carolina
    , Charleston South Carolina 29401
    May 21, 2010, 12:00 am

    Thomas Greco will co-lead a workshop: "Foundations for credit and finance in a local living economy" at the annual BALLE Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.

Thomas's Books

The End of Money and the Future of Civilization

Very few people realize that the nature of money has changed profoundly over the past three centuries, or—as has been clear with the latest global financial crisis—the extent to which it has become a political instrument used to centralize power, concentrate wealth, and subvert popular government. On top of that, the economic growth imperative inherent in the present global monetary system is a main driver of global warming and other environmental crises.

Money

Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender

Learn the truth about how money is created. Money tells the scandalous story of how our economy came to be based on debt, a system that depends on inequity and undermines local enterprise. Money is also a unique and indispensable handbook for developing community currencies and exchange systems, by one of the founders of Tucson Traders.