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Page 1: 1 Financing for What?. 1960s = 14% 2008 = 40% 2 Real Economy: $60 trillion Casino Economy: $700 trillion Real Economy: $60 trillion

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Financing for What?Financing for What?

Page 2: 1 Financing for What?. 1960s = 14% 2008 = 40% 2 Real Economy: $60 trillion Casino Economy: $700 trillion Real Economy: $60 trillion

The Global Financial IndustryPercentage of Corporate Profits

1960s = 14% 2008 = 40%

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Page 3: 1 Financing for What?. 1960s = 14% 2008 = 40% 2 Real Economy: $60 trillion Casino Economy: $700 trillion Real Economy: $60 trillion

Real Economy:$60 trillion

Casino Economy:$700 trillion

Real Economy:$60 trillion

The Casino Economy Eclipsing Reality

Page 4: 1 Financing for What?. 1960s = 14% 2008 = 40% 2 Real Economy: $60 trillion Casino Economy: $700 trillion Real Economy: $60 trillion

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The Challenge: Reclaiming our Capital A Transition Pre-Requisite

PREDATORY FINANCING HOMEOPATHIC FINANCING

Page 5: 1 Financing for What?. 1960s = 14% 2008 = 40% 2 Real Economy: $60 trillion Casino Economy: $700 trillion Real Economy: $60 trillion

Compound Interest – An Economic Burden for the Majority?

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Com pound I n terest: the secret tax

O n average, 35% of the cost o fessential goods and services . . .

. . . com es from com pound interest. Th istransfers 600 m illion Euros da ily from

the bottom 80% to the top 10% .

top 10%in income

bottom 80%in incom e

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Buying the Average House in Canada

$370,000 - $36,500 down = $333,500 to borrow

Which would you choose?

Option 1: Mortgage at 8% over 25 years. Interest = $433,290

Option 2: Loan Fee equivalent to 3% interest = $125,546

$307,744

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Local Enterprise Banks - Ekokött

• Ethical treatment of animals• Support small farmers• Preserve ecological management

$Local people

$JAK m em bers

$ Interest-free loan

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Bank

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Seikatsu - Worries

Imported Food

Loss of Farmland

Food Quality& Safety

Hunger, againHunger, againHunger, again

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We will pay a fair price

directly to you

Guarantee to buy my production

Contract

Teikai: “Food with a Farmer’s Face”

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Seikatsu growth

32 Seikatsu Consumer Co-operatives

Seikatsu Union ClubSales: $1.1b Equity: $1b

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Seikatsu product selectionMega Supermarket

Up to 300,000 products annually

Regular Co-op

9,000 products

Seikatsu

1600 high-quality products

• Lower costs of inventory

• Less waste• Less carbon

• Greater efficiency• Fairer prices to

farmers