For most people the continuing global financial crisis is all about banking and how to control the banks. It ought to be about the presence of relatively too much capital in the economy, or the effects of excess liquidity, to use the term from Adair Turner, chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority. The discussion ought to be about the genesis and best use of this surplus. Talking about how to modify the banks of the river serves little purpose when the problem is that there is too much water coursing through it.  In this issue of Associate! we review the nature of capital and by extension, the kind of society it calls for.

3) The Colours of Money Seminar (UK &US) 

This Weekend - UK: 5-7 February 2010
In Stroud UK, see here for details

The next Colours of Money seminar will be taking place in Stroud from February 5-7 2010. It begins with a public lecture  (Beyond the Market) on the Friday evening. 

USA , Apr / May 2010: The Colours of Money Seminar in Washington DC area -  take contact if interested

4) Finance and Education Seminar - London

14 February / 14 March Towards an Independent Youth College

Details here:

http://www.anthromedia.com/index.php?id=7389

On-going research concerning finance and education, with particular reference to the Waldorf movement and Rudolf Steiner's insights. Education is facing growing pressures, the essence of which is to undermine a free spiritual life. Many ofthe pressures are financial in guise, but also rely on an inadequate understanding of law and equity. In this project the case of Waldorf (Steiner) education is explored, both as a case in point and for the contribution it might make to the wider debate.