I too love your comparisons of the two choices…and implementing the various policies of the new monetary paradigm of Gifting is the key to begin the process of turning toward the humane one. And, also re-inventing our social/cultural institutions so that they align with and help us self actualize the many, many integrative, unitary and yes even ecstatic aspects of the natural philosophical concept of grace as in love in action, i.e. graciousness. Consider: the beneficial effects of every historical paradigm change have always been an aspect or aspects of grace…the concept…like grace as in a GIFT. Or grace as in increased self awareness of and sensitivity to the other and hence of the reality of ethics, as occurred when we separated from the animalist virtual monopoly paradigm of survival. Or grace as in abundance in the paradigm change from nomadic hunting and gathering to homesteading, urbanization and agriculture.

These last two are what I call mega-paradigm changes which are those whose beneficial effects are universally and continually experienced because they are a part of our everyday life routine and their effects spill over into systems, bodies of knowledge and areas of human endeavor other than the specific one under analysis. This is the serendipitous aspect of the mega-paradigm change. And Monetary Grace as in Gifting at strategic points in the economic process that we all paraticipate in and are affected by…could be the impetess for the greatest increase in the self actualization of grace as in Gratitude and Thankfulness for a Gift.

The next time you host Steve Keen and Friends I hope you ask him why he doesn’t do conceptual analysis. Don’t get me wrong the systemic analysis of Keen, Michael Hudson, Warren Mosler, Stephanie Kelton, Ann Pettifor and Ellen Brown are all spot on about money and macro-economics and I have never said otherwise, but they ignore conceptual analysis.

Why is conceptual analysis so important? Because new paradigms are nothing more and certainly nothing less than key applied concepts that enlighten and resolve the anomalies of a current paradigm, and historically paradigm changes are the most potent and progressive phenomena humanity has ever experienced…especially if they are a mega-paradigm change as described in my prior post.