183. Economy 2.0 - A Conversation with Nicolas Franka

For today’s episode, host Josh Sidman sat down with Nicolas Franka to discuss why money is broken, why reform movements so often work in silos, and what it would look like to build a real dialogue across competing monetary reformers.Nicolas Franka is an economist and founder of the Monetary Diversity network. His work focuses on alternative monetary systems and complementary currencies. He explores the intersections of ecology, economy, and society, and how money can become a tool for resilience and transition. Actively involved in cooperatives, he advocates for participatory democracy and collective intelligence as drivers of transformation.To check out more of our content, including our research and policy tools, visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.hgsss.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠