2026 International Monetary Conference
The dates for the coming 22nd AMI conference are set!
From Friday, September 25 till Sunday the 27th. Stay tuned for details.
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Read MoreSpaceship Earth 101:
A Dialogue with Nick Egnatz on People, Planet, and the Power of Money
Monday, April 27th
8 PM ET / 7 PM CT / 6 PM MT / 5 PT
Duration: 2 hours
Almost a year ago, longtime AMI and AFJM member and Veterans for Peace activist Nick Egnatz launched Spaceship Earth 101, the final book in his 3-part series on People, Planet, and the Power of Money. Join us for this monetary reform coffeehouse when Nick will share about his journey to Spaceship Earth 101 and discuss its contents with us.
We live on a planet facing immense challenges: extreme wealth disparity; endless war; climate change and dying species, oceans, and ecosystems; authoritarianism; and the people’s need for universal healthcare, affordable housing, and job security at a living wage. It all seems insurmountable. But what if the real barrier isn’t resources or innovation but the way we think about and do money?
In Spaceship Earth 101: People, Planet & the Power of Money, Nick Egnatz offers a powerful and eye-opening exploration of how reforming America’s monetary system could unlock the resources needed to meet these crises head-on. Examining multiple environmental crises, the growing threat of AI, and inequality within a compromised economic system that produces little for us but debt, Egnatz weaves together a bold and practical vision for a just and sustainable future.
Check out Nick’s 3-part book series on his website, and register now to hear from the author himself on 4/27 with time for Q&A and discussion. Interested participants may also form a summer book club on one, two, or all three books in the series. So, consider ordering and reading one, two, or all three now.
Read Nick’s blog: “People, Planet & the Power of Money Project for Beginners”
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Why Monetary Reform is Essential
to a Viable Human Future
By Dr. David C. Korten
Text of presentation at the 21st Annual monetary Reform conference 2025
We live in a time of profound challenge and opportunity that calls us to align together in support of the essential monetary reform advocated by the American Monetary Institute. The signs of global human crisis are all around us – a mounting perfect storm of climate disruption, ecological degradation, war, and extreme and ever growing inequality.
The basics are both simple and obvious. Each of these potentially terminal human crises can be traced directly to our deeply dysfunctional financial system that allows private bankers to create and allocate money to grow the fortunes of predatory billionaires in disregard of the consequences for Earth and its people. Many of you here know and understand the details of this system far better than I do. I will not presume in this brief presentation to advance your understanding of these details.
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Welcome to the New AMI Website
Dear AMIers, There comes a time when we need to take the next steps or whither away. No one is going to replace Stephen Zarlenga with his vision. In many respects, he succeeded beyond many of his hopes: the successes …
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The Lost Science of Money
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- Dr. Michael Kumhof, Deputy Division Chief, Modeling Division, Research Department, of the International Monetary Fund (IMF):
“a masterful work”
“Over time, whoever controls the money system, controls the nation.”
– Stephen Zarlenga (1941 – 2017)
The American Monetary Institute is a publicly supported charity founded in 1996. The real outcomes in society – whether there will be general economic justice or corrupt financial privileges for the few – are usually determined by the structure of a society’s monetary system.
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Some of the tributes received from colleagues celebrating the life and work of our founding Director, Stephen Zarlenga (1941-2017).
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