The Green-Market System: A Second Currency for a Parallel Economy - Paperback

by Vincent Lannoye (Author)

(Book updated in May 2022)
Parallel economies and their currencies
Parallel economies (with their currencies) have flourished in the past and still exist today. Their underlying principles and advantages have often been overlooked by economists, despite their potential to foster pivotal changes. This last statement makes it meaningful to draw insights from historical and actual instances of such economies.
to reduce inequalities... and contain global warming
In continuation, could an innovative parallel economy fit into the modern society? As the middle class is complaining about inequalities and rejects the costly fight against global warming, could a parallel economy help the underprivileged, alleviate the cost of decarbonization, and win over a sufficient majority? Could the last chapter with its Green-Market System work? To be successful, such a System must create jobs with good wages... and convincingly cut down CO2 emissions. Would this System be too good to be true?

Author Biography

Vincent Lannoye was born in the US and grew up in Belgium in an industrial family, which sparked his curiosity to analyze and critique economics. An engineer with an MBA from Edhec France, today he works in high-tech in Silicon Valley. His past, his passion for economy, the lack of accessible works about the economic implications of the fight against global warming, and his monetary ideas, all have inspired him to write about economics.