Sacred economics: money, gift, & society in the age of transition

I: The economics of separation

The gift world

The illusion of scarcity

Money and the mind

The trouble with property

The corpse of the commons

The economics of usury

The crisis of civilization

The turning of the age

II: The economics of reunion

The story of value

The law of return

Currencies of the commons

Negative-interest economics

Steady-state and degrowth economics

The social dividend

Local and complementary currency

Transition to gift economy

Summary and roadmap

III: Living the new economy

Relearning gift culture

Nonaccumulation

Right livelihood and sacred investing

Working in the gift

community and the unquantifiable

A new materialism

Conclusion: The more beautiful world our hearts tell us is possible.