The following article presents the concept of the sovereign money system. The term 'sovereign money' (Vollgeld in German) refers to unrestricted legal tender, issued by a monetary authority such as a central bank. In contrast to bank deposit money, sovereign money-on-account for public use among...

This paper is based on empirical research on a taxonomy of technological environmental innovations. It draws on a databank with over 500 examples of new technologies (materials, products, processes and practices) which come with benign environmental effects. The approaches applied to...