New Zealand Institute of Resource Based Economics

We’re excited about alternative economics.

It’s not anarchy. It’s not communism. It’s not socialism. It’s definitely not capitalism.

Maybe we can move beyond ‘isms’.

Please reach out if you want to know, or contribute more!

News

• AI – New clothes for old emperors..
  The next threat? Or more of the same. Only worse.. Viewed from a Resource Based Economy perspective, Artificial Intelligence isn’t really such a big deal. That doesn’t mean it isn’t a big deal. It may be the biggest deal yet. But we see it as simply another leveraging tool, the next in a sequence that… Read more: AI – New clothes for old emperors..
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  What is this all about?
  A short summary of the Resource Based Economy proposal. This concept explores what life might be like if we no longer used money, currency or any forms of trade or barter in the future.  We are proposing that everything be free, and all work entirely voluntary. Certainly thus far it appears that by adopting this… Read more: What is this all about?
• Another NZ disaster. Wellington hostel fire.
  Loafers Lodge. Newtown. 2023. The root cause? The money system itself. The victims? Vulnerable, diverse and no doubt poor. The response? Blame, regulation, punishment, cost, waste. Trauma. For how long will we continue to accept these terrible events? Fires, floods, violence, impoverishment, sickness, suicide. The list is becoming endless. Every one of them originating in… Read more: Another NZ disaster. Wellington hostel fire.