Local currency systems are springing up in cities around the world, including cities in the USA. In Bristol, UK, businesses can even pay their taxes using one. Most local currency systems act in part as “buy local” programs. In one popular model, the local currency is bought with national currency and then used to purchase goods and services at local...

The LEDDA framework offers communities a new platform to fund job creation, nonprofits, schools, and public services. In brief, the framework is designed to increase token and national-currency incomes for all LEDDA members.  As incomes rise, members contribute a portion of income gains to the Crowd-Based Financial System (CBFS), a component of the...

John Boik’s talk at Houston Oasis, December 7, 2014 is available on YouTube. The title is “Creating a More Egalitarian Society: An Introduction to Economic Direct Democracy.” A general overview of the LEDDA framework and the LEDDA Partnership is provided.   The post Video of John Boik, Houston Oasis: Creating a More Egalitarian Society appeared first...

Articles, interviews, blog posts, and other news items published in the media about the Principled Societies Project and the LEDDA Partnership are collected here. News releases issued by Principled Societies Project can be found here.   March 16, 2015: “Rebooting Democracy” in Foreign Policy Magazine, by John Boik, Lorenzo Fioramonti, and Gary Milante. On...

Summary: The LEDDA Partnership is among the first complex-systems engineering efforts to focus on creating next-generation economic systems, ones that act in parallel with existing systems at the local level to maximize well-being. Source: Principled Societies Project, News Release HOUSTON, TEXAS; PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – October 15, 2014 – Its been...

The LEDDA Partnership was established in the fall of 2014 to usher the LEDDA framework through the development and pilot trial phases. A press release announces its formation. The “10-Year Strategic Plan for the LEDDA Partnership” can be downloaded below. Download links are also provided for Exhibits F.1, F.2, and F.3 of Appendix F.     Download Strategic...