A monetary reformer that wants some economic background

Hello everyone,

My name is Johan Zijlstra and I'm from The Netherlands. I have been active for the monetary reform movement 'Ons Geld' since the beginning and have been fascinated by money as far as I can remember.

Because of events and conditions I haven't had a proper education pasted my failed high school, but during Business Administration I noted that there wasn't much thought given to how money was created.

It still feels strange that a video called 'Money as Debt' once put my life around and that now my favorite economist, Steve Keen, is still one of the few economists out there that can explain how money is created.

In The Netherlands there are a lot of people against Central Bank Digital Currencies. As monetary reformer I also would have like to have seen a different approach, but it seems that there is a change that CBDC could lead to a system change where money is created without debt attached to it.

That being said, I was wondering how people on this Skool / forum / in this Community see money. Do you see a way for money to be debt-free and where do you think the states / governments fit in in these scenario's?

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