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Many countries have money with fun feel good images on it, Canadian beavers, loons, and at the US big heads, I think some famous people show up on currency as well.
It is possible that just as graphic design can make an advertisement or a public service announcement much more effective, it is possible
that new images and words on money could cause a completely voluntary, yet somewhat spontaneous and automatic .5-1% increase in the saving rate of the currency objects. At $11/24 hours of currency per each of 240 million out of 330 million at the US population that is $9.6 billion of money saved, about $20-40 a year per person
It is possible they could test if savings graphics and words cause not only saving of the actual currency bill, but cause increases in voluntary overall saving, it is possible this could represent considerably more than the .5-1% from just saving the currency on its own.
I think United States money is full of mysterious symbols and I like the green color, they should keep American money the way it is. Other countries could increase their savings rate this way though.
Globabally, this could be 96 billion, or perhaps just 48 (.5%) billion of annual increased savings, and could get perhaps .25-.5% of people globally out of jams when they make use of their increased savings, that is 20-30 million people getting out of jams annually.
Some slogans that might be functional or developable
Save-Invest-Give
Save, invest, read, learn, give to your children
I kind of like this one as it is possible .5-1% of people will think of giving the currency to their children, generating a new or increased allowance.
Save-Invest-Give might encourage investing, which is better than saving, and also promote giving, of course if you invest well, then you can give more than if you just saved.
Where does money come from?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l7L3ZtCSKKs
New Economics Foundation - Tony Greenham, on how money is “created” [Frankx, Oct 09 2019]
(?) Mamet on money
https://www.google....JzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov
[theircompetitor, Oct 09 2019]
John Law
https://en.wikipedi...ohn_Law_(economist)
"It seemed like a good idea at the time ..." [8th of 7, Oct 09 2019]
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Nice idea!
I appreciate this is about physical cash money, but
it’s interesting (and not widely understood) where
modern “money” comes from. Commercial banks
create money by buying debt [link]. So it’s not in
the banks’ interest to dissuade borrowing and
encourage saving. |
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A shorter and much more relevant video see link |
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Although increasingly people don't use cash. To encourage saving, it would be useful to be able to add rules to your bank account such as "Every time I spend on my credit card, move an amount equalling 5% of that to my savings account". |
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Such accounts and various bank apps are already
proliferating |
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Commemorative coins are widely produced by central banks and/or mints, and are specifically designed for saving not for spending. |
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It is instructive to study the life and career of Mr. John Law, an 18th century economist and mathematician (q.v., <link>) who almost single-handedly crippled the french economy and helped precipitate the french Revolution. |
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Amazing, a scotchman that did something useful ... |
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How about we just bypass any need to invest by
making money units
in a stock fund (aka an equity fund), each pound is a bearer
bond for 1 unit (or share) in the fund. |
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You get paid, & you've invested, job done. |
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[Sits back & waits quietly for objections] |
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Or you could fake economic reports to make it look as though the currency was suffering from deflation. This would make people hold onto their money in the belief that it was steadily increasing in worth. |
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Yes, but to do that would require a group of people motivated solely by greed and personal gain, with no interest in the "common good", indifferent to the sufferings of ordinary people, amoral verging on sociopathic ... oh, wait ... |
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//a scotchman that did something useful// |
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A scotsman, in France, & you still called it
useful, feeling OK?
want to go lie down for a bit? |
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No ... he destabilized their economy and ruined their government - what's not to like ...? |
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I know ... but using the word useful - while thinking about
both
France & Scotsmen ... that must have caused a certain
amount of emotional 'dissonance' for you ;p |
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I seldom use cash now - my Revolut tap card is far
better. Cash is for criminals, or dominates in
places with primitive banking systems like
Trumpsville. |
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Tap cards are for those who want to lose their money to
criminals. |
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... or be tracked every moment by Big Business and Snoop Central. |
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Of course, if you Bellyfeel Ingsoc (like [xen] does, being a good little Inner Party acolyte), this is just delightful, because Big Brother can always remind you of the nearest telescreen location for the Five Minute Hate. |
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We have our own unique Borg Location Transponders - but that's unique to us - no-one else gets our position data. |
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