The paper attempts to raise certain questions, the answers to which are probably the emanation of the Bulgarian village. What is the reason for its sustainability, manifested and outlined particularly in the transformation periods? In the periods of crisis the village is a social buffer of the...

An energy-based system of exchange that combines the commodity and credit-clearing characteristics of currency can be adopted in parallel to or in place of fiat currencies in order to facilitate a sustainable societal transition. The universal adoption of fiat currencies and of the fractional...