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Thomas Henry Greco, Jr. (born October 9, 1936) is a community economist, who blogs,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://beyondmoney.net/ )〕 writes, and speaks on the subject of free market alternative currency and monetary systems.〔Paul Glover, Monica Hargraves, [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-53885034.html In Each Other We Trust: local currency brings communities together, Whole Earth, March 22, 1998.〕 ==Life and work== Greco graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Villanova University, acquired a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Rochester and did additional course work pursuant to a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Syracuse University. For fourteen years he taught economics, finance, statistics, entrepreneurship, and forecasting as a faculty member in the college of business at Rochester Institute of Technology. In 1979 Thomas Greco became a private consultant and community activist, working with local Rochester, New York peace and justice groups. From 1981 to 1990 he served as trustee and then president of the School of Living which promotes "decentralized, ecologically-sound, self-governed and humane communities." A frequent contributor to the decentralist publication ''Fourth World Review'', Greco organized of the Fourth World Assembly and New Economics Symposium held in San Francisco in 1987.〔 Greco writes and consults on monetary exchange alternatives, including private credit clearing systems, complementary currencies and local currencies.〔 After moving to Arizona, Greco assisted in the development of LETSonora (a Local Exchange Trading System) and helped organize Tucson Traders, both now defunct. He has advised groups like Current Innovations, and Alliance for Human Empowerment. He has traveled widely promoting and assisting currency projects in the United States, Mexico and South America, Europe, India, Indonesia, China and New Zealand.〔 Greco was the keynote speaker at the 1998 conference on "Sustainability: From Vision to Practice", held at Sirius Community and was a forum leader for the 2001 Radical Consultation Forum on Globalization, Money & Trade held in Swindon, England. In 2006, he participated in a discussion at the conference on Knowledge, Business and Consciousness held at the international community of Auroville, India;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Knowledge, Business and Consciousness )〕 the keynote speaker at the annual convention of the International Reciprocal Trade Association (IRTA), the trade association for the commercial "barter" industry; and a speaker at the E.F. Schumacher Society "Money in Local Living Economies" forum in Burlington, Vermont. In 2007, Greco was the featured speaker at forums in Beijing and Hang Zhou, China and one of the main speakers at The International Conference On the Dinar Economy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.〔 Greco has authored four books on monetary theory and how monetary alternatives can empower communities. He has published articles in many publications, including the ''Whole Earth Review'', ''World Business Academy Perspectives'', ''Earth Island Journal'', ''Yes! Magazine'', ''Green Revolution'', and ''The Permaculture Activist''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas H. Greco, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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