Reimagining Money - RSF Social Finance

RSF believes that inquiry and dialogue are essential tools for transforming the way we work with money. We are committed to creating frequent opportunities for our community to engage in exploring the role of money and finance in our lives.

We have hosted events focused on exploring the personal and social dimensions of money and financial relationships. For many years, RSF led an informal network for these events called the Transforming Money Collaborative, which held a series of gatherings on Money & Spirit, Money, Race, and Class, Money & Intuition, and other related subjects.

Inquiry and Dialogue examples
Reimagine Money Blog

An online conversation about the nature of money.

The Nature of Money

Logical Structures and Algorithmic Behaviour in a Credit Economy (1995) - Ph.D Dissertation.

Chapter 1 - The Nature of Money
Chapter 2 - Theory of Credit
Chapter 3 - Monetary Economy

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Following a few notes from an Empowerd Fundraising workshop LINK

Six functions of money:

1. Money measures value
2. Money is a means of exchange
3. Money is a store of value
4. Money is a way of rationing access to goods & services
5. Money is used as a tool to make money
6. Money is a way of getting power over others

Laws of the gift economy

• Money is like water. It can be a conduit for commitment, a currency of love.
• Money moving in the direction of our highest commitment, nourishes the world, ourselfs and our community.
• What we appreciate appreciates.
• When you make a difference with what you have, it expands.
• Collaboration creates prosperity.
• True abundance flows from enough, never from more.
• Money carries our intention, if we use it with integrity, it carries integrity forward.
• Know the flow, take responsibility for how your money moves in the world.
• Let your soul inform your money, & your money express your soul.
• Access your assets, not just money, but your charactar, capabilities, relationships & all non-money resources.