<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">Public Banking Institute <<a href="mailto:info@publicbankinginstitute.org" target="_blank">info@publicbankinginstitute.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Join Us For "The Future of Money" with Bernard Lietaer</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">January 20, 2015 at 9:52:04 AM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">Michael Lewis <<a href="mailto:Lewiscccr@shaw.ca" target="_blank">Lewiscccr@shaw.ca</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div bgcolor="#ffffff" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><table border="0" width="100%" height="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><table width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:30px"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse"><a href="http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/?e=9733f830bb66100f1c37a74cdc83665d&utm_source=pbi&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bernard_cec1_20&n=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/pbi/sites/1/meta_images/original/PBI-weblogo.jpg?1412977909" alt="Public Banking Institute" border="0" style="max-width:100%"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse"><hr><h3><em>This is shaping up to a very interesting year in world events, and the changes brewing are all about money.</em><br><br><img title="Greece.jpg" src="http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/pbi/mailings/42/attachments/original/Greece.jpg?1421771482" alt="Greece.jpg" width="271" height="182" style="max-width:100%;float:left;margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px">In her<span> </span><a href="http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/eu_showdown_greece_takes_on_the_vampire_squid?e=9733f830bb66100f1c37a74cdc83665d&utm_source=pbi&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bernard_cec1_20&n=2" target="_blank">latest article</a>, Ellen Brown discusses the relationship between a nation's money and its sovereignty, specifically in the case of Greece. <span> </span><br><br>Greece has limited options to improve its economic prospects while it lives under the European Union and uses the Euro currency, so it is considering bringing back its Drachma. The problem is that doing this might lead to breakup of the European Union.<br><br>Bernard Lietaer is one of the architects of the Euro, a former currency trader, and now a leading proponent of sustainable economics and local currencies - and a critic of private debt-money systems. He is author of several important books on money including<span> </span><em>The Future of Money</em>,<span> </span><em>New Money for a New World -</em><span> </span>and<span> </span><em>Creating Wealth</em>, which he co-authored with PBI Executive Director Gwen Hallsmith. <span> </span><br><br>Join us for what is sure to be a fascinating Cutting Edge Conversation tomorrow as Bernard is interviewed by Gwen at 9am Pacific/Noon Eastern (see below to RSVP).<br><br>PBI courses and conversations are made possible by and developed for<span> </span><a href="http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/donate?e=9733f830bb66100f1c37a74cdc83665d&utm_source=pbi&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bernard_cec1_20&n=3" target="_blank">PBI Members</a><span> </span>- thank you for your support!</h3><h3><img title="Coming-Upx.jpg" src="http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/pbi/mailings/42/attachments/original/Coming-Upx.jpg?1421106082" alt="Coming-Upx.jpg" width="600" height="27" style="max-width:100%"><br><br></h3><h3><img title="rsz_moneytree.jpg" src="http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/pbi/mailings/42/attachments/original/rsz_moneytree.jpg?1421103583" alt="rsz_moneytree.jpg" width="150" height="170" style="max-width:100%;margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;float:left"></h3><h3><br><br><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong>The Future of Money</strong></span><span> </span>- A Cutting Edge Conversation with Gwendolyn Hallsmith and Bernard Lietaer<br><br>Wednesday January 21, 2015 - 9am PST/Noon EST: <span> </span><em><a href="http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/the_future_of_money?e=9733f830bb66100f1c37a74cdc83665d&utm_source=pbi&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bernard_cec1_20&n=4" target="_blank">RSVP Here</a></em><br><br> <span> </span><br><br><br><br></h3><hr><h3>See you on the call tomorrow!</h3><h3>Public Banking Institute</h3><h3><a href="http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/?e=9733f830bb66100f1c37a74cdc83665d&utm_source=pbi&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bernard_cec1_20&n=5" target="_blank">http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/</a></h3></td></tr><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse"><p style="margin-bottom:1em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:1.5">Public Banking Institute · United States<span> </span><br>This email was sent to<span> </span><a style="color:rgb(20,136,185)">Lewiscccr@shaw.ca</a>. 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