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April 2010

1) London AE Days - 23 April - 2 July 2010

2) UK Events: Accounting For Oneself / What's Nike Got To Do With It?

3) US Events Money Unveiled / The Colours of Money Seminar

4) Financial Accountability

5) Associate! April 2010

1) London AE Days, Alternate Fridays, 23 April to 2 July.

12.30 to 2.30 Intensive studies for those taking the AE Diploma

The AE Diploma is conducted at Masters level for those who wish to integrate Steiner's approach into their economic affairs.

3.00 to 6.00 Colours of Money, an introduction to associative economics (open to all)

Topics include the place of associative economics in the history of economic thought, the role of corporations, the evolution of money, and the importance of accounting.

7.30 to 9.00 Lecture-based conversations (open to all):

Beyond the Market - the Place of Associative Economics; The Right-on Corporation - the Future of For- and Not-for-profits; Deep Accounting - the Basis of a One-world Currency; Freeing the Circling Stars - Prefunded Education; Of Wheat and Gold - the Economics of Farming; Air Beneath Your Wings - Youth Financial Literacy.

2) UK Events: Accounting For Oneself / What's Nike Got To Do With It?

10 Apr - Accounting for Oneself, Stroud

An Associative Bookkeeping Day with Arthur Edwards and Stephen Torr

Open to all and practically focused, this workshop explores the why and how of accounting from the perspective of Rudolf Steiner's economic thinking. It is designed for individuals and enterprises wanting to adopt an associative approach to the accounting of their activities and includes 'walk-throughs' on the logic of double-entry bookkeeping and the use of an accounting template to promote associative thinking. Benefits of attendance range from the technical matters (e.g. data processing) to managerial issues (cash flow and capitalization) and overall strategy (combining 'core values' and financial planning).

12/13 Apr - What's Nike Got To Do With It? York

Education for Tomorrow's Youth An evening workshop with Christopher Houghton Budd, hosted by the Stables Project. 7.30 pm start

Young people today need to be encouraged to discover their own selves, as these become the anchor in turbulent seas, the compass to guide one's life by, the source of forces to cope with and give meaning to what life brings. But how can this be done if education does not believe in this part of the human being; if it believes that people should be moulded to meet society's needs, rather than seeing society as the outcome of what people carry inherently within them? And how can such an approach to education be nurtured if it is not given the legal and financial context which allows it to unfold according to the needs of its students? Based on his book Freeing the Circling Stars, the evening will explore how such an ideal can be given practical effect even in today's challenging conditions.

Tuesday: There will be a research workshop the next day (9.30am to 5pm) looking at The Stables Project as a case study. Anyone interested in taking part should contact the Stables Project 01904 675522

3) US Events: Money Unveiled / Colours of Money Seminar

30 Apr/1 May - Money Unveiled: Figuring Out Finance, New York

An evening lecture / presentation which contextualizes and gives a sense of humanity's relationship to finance, past and future, as a mirror of consciousness and path of modern initiation. Special attention will be given to the significance of the 'Global Financial Crisis' and the possibility that a landscape beyond it can be conceived based on Rudolf Steiner's idea of monetary differentiation. To register contact: Katie Ketchum: katie.ketchum@gmail.com

7/8/9 May - The Colors of Money Seminar, Washington

The Colors of Money© seminar looks at the history and purpose of money and how it can be the main instrument for bringing about real and lasting change in our economic circumstances. Ranging from the problems of small businesses to larger questions of global finance and the power of corporations, it offers a radical yet concrete and in-depth approach to money in our times. Details here

Registration: admin@cfae.biz

Local Contact: Jane Parker: janeellenparker@gmail.com / 240 997 3021

4) Financial Accountability

This issue of Associate! explores financial accountability, central to the aftermath of the global financial crisis, if describing the crisis as if it has passed is not premature!

It begins with a piece by Philip Beard, who considers the pros and cons of fiat and regional currencies, finding in favour of a combination. Although his context is the United States, his arguments have general validity. Adrian Lamont provides a close-up view of how credit unions work in Britain. As a form of finance fairly well known in Anglo-Saxon countries generally, Lamont's treatment illustrates well their relevance to current debates about the future of banking. Christopher Houghton Budd responds to these theses in the light of associative economic analysis, in terms of which the historical and future role of banking is understood differently than in most conventional and alternative critiques. Sign of Our Times draws attention to the recent BBC Radio 4 series on double entry bookkeeeping. That such a topic should be aired on a major radio channel shows how financial literacy is being seen more and more not only as a subject with which we should be familiar, but one able to command a national radio audience. Financial literacy is the focus of this month's Friends' Page. It may well be that this becomes a field in which, because of its link to accounting, economics can overcome its current problems. Our stress on financial literacy notwithstanding, Accounting Corner reports on what is perhaps the antithesis of becoming awake, exemption from filing accounts.

5) Associate! April 2010

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Lead: Alternative Approaches to Banking - Regional vs. State-run Credit Systems: Philip Beard / Credit Unions and Monetary Reform: Adrian Lamont

A Sign of Our Time: History of Accounting

Feature: Financial Governance Christopher Houghton Budd

Glossary: J : Job

News and Views: Some Aphorisms from E F Schumacher / Financial Literacy / Taking a NIFE to finance / Air Beneath Your Wings

Accounting Corner: To File or not to File Stephen Torr

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