Social Credit Alternative Monetary Systems Currency and Money Financial Economics Economics
Social Credit Alternative Monetary Systems Currency and Money Financial Economics Economics
Social Credit
A controversial monetary system advocated by C.H. Douglas that had many proponents in the early to mid part of the 20th century. Argued that economic crises were caused by a lack of distribution in the ownership of private property which in turn was caused by a lack of purchasing power. Social Credit aimed to redress this by having the government issue each citizen "dividends" with which they can purchase goods and property. The social credit movement reached had its greatest support in western Canada during the 1930s when it formed government in Alberta. The movement also had a number of proponents in Britain and New Zealand.
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- Series of articles and pamphlets by Michael Lane on social credit. Articles are available online, pamphlets and books available for order.
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- Proposes the implementation of social credit economics in Alberta.
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- Encyclopedia article.
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- Encyclopedia article on the movement in western Canada in the 1930s and afterwards.
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- Reviewed by David Laycock in Canadian Historical Review - Volume 78, Number 3 September 1997.
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- Economics professor Gabriel Martinez argues that social credit does not work.
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- Short article on the economic theory, its application and history.
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- Article by Professor Joseph Zoric.
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- Peter Seixas' book review of the work by Janine Stingel.
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- Educational body promoting coordination, consultation and research into social credit. Online journal, articles and other social credit resources.
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- Brief article on the attitude of western Canadian social credit towards financial institutions.
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- Articles on social credit, philosophy and politics.
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- Article on the economic plan based on the theories of Clifford Hugh Douglas.
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- Explanation of the theory and movement and its history in Alberta. Includes the text "The roots of Social Credit", the essay "Encyclopaedia of the New Economics" and several articles on economics from a social credit perspective.
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- Full text of Major Clifford Hugh Douglas' 1924 text on money, banking, and the standard of living.
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