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International currency expert to speak at KWU March 29, 2006 Bernard Lietaer, international currency expert, visionary, and proponent of a more sustainable economy, is coming to Salina Friday through Sunday, April 21-23. His visit is sponsored by Salina’s Spirituality Resource Center and Kansas Wesleyan University.
He will meet with state and local leaders, as well as the general public. His opening public appearance will be a lecture Friday at 7:00 p.m. at Peters Science Hall, Room 201, at Kansas Wesleyan University. A follow-up session will allow further discussion and interaction from 9-12 a.m. Saturday morning at The Gallery, Sams Hall of Fine Arts at KWU. Lietaer will also speak about the larger implications of his theories in another presentation at Salina’s Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 10:15 Sunday morning service, at 901 Beatrice. Lietaer has been manager of a successful international money fund, central banker at the Bank of Belgium, and developed the convergence mechanism that led to the Euro currency. He argues that the nature of money itself lies at the heart of the difficulties the world now faces. He points out the waning of the U.S. dollar’s supremacy as a world standard because of rising competition from other currencies. He goes beyond that focus to examine local citizens’ and communities’ ability to improve their own circumstances. To achieve that goal, Lietaer advocates establishing complementary currencies and economic resiliency through new local, state, and national policies. Upon completing his MBA thesis, Lietaer was selected by TIME magazine as one of the top U.S. business school graduates. In addition to his work on the Euro, he has over 30 years experience as an advisor to European institutions, Latin American governments, and major multi-national corporations. A prolific writer and thinker, he has authored numerous articles and more than twelve books. These include The Future of Money (Random House, London), now published in 15 languages, and most recently Access to Human Wealth: New Money for a New World (Citerra Press) with co-author Stephen Belgin. For further information, contact Judy Edmands, 785-825-7664, or judyedmands@cox.net or Gerald Gillespie, 785-827-5541, ext. 2320, or geraldg@kwu.edu. Story provided courtesy David Norlin |
