What is a Resource-Based Economy?
The Venus Project
The term and meaning of a Resource-Based Economy was originated by Jacque Fresco. It is a system in which all goods and services are available without the use of money, credits, barter or any other system of debt or servitude. All resources become the common heritage of all of the inhabitants, not just a select few. The premise upon which this system is based is that the Earth is abundant with plentiful resource; our practice of rationing resources through monetary methods is irrelevant and counter productive to our survival.
Jacque Talk Series - 2nd Edition - revisited Jacque Fresco Talk Series was filmed in London on Oct 6th 2009 by
the cinematographer Mark Waters and directed by Frank Da Silva. This short film was produced to introduce the
The Venus Project - World Lecture Tour 2010. Production of the documentary will start in 2010.
Imagining a World without Money (video)
You are brought up to believe that you shall earn your living by the sweat of your brow, and that holds people
back. Freeing people from drudgery and repetitive jobs which make them ignorant, you rob them. In a resourcebased
society, machines free people. You see, we can’t imagine that because we’ve never known that kind of
world. In a money-based society, human employment is in direct competition with technical development. The
whole point of technology is to free humans from servitude. The path is clear but our monetary based structure
blocks this progress, for humans need jobs in order to survive. Many occupations today will simply have no
basis to exist in a resource-based economy. Virtually all forms of crime are a result of the monetary system and
without money a great majority of the crimes we see today would never occur. Billions each year are spent on
prisons and police, while only a fraction is spent on programs for poverty, which is one of the most fundamental
variables responsible for crime, and as long as we have an economic system that prefers and in fact creates
scarcity and depravation, crime will never go away. If people have access to the necessities of life without
servitude debt barter trade, they behave very differently. You want all these things available without a price tag.
Larry King Live 1974 with Jacque Fresco (video)
Social Engineering with Jacque Fresco (video)
Research & Development with Jacque Fresco (video)
Social Change with Jacque Fresco (video)
People of the Future with Jacque Fresco (video)
Science and War with Jacque Fresco (video)
Being Responsible with Jacque Fresco (video)
Generalism and Change with Jacque Fresco (video)
No Utopia with Jacque Fresco (video)
Jacque Fresco Lectures
The Venus Project presents a bold, new direction for humanity that entails nothing less than the total redesign of
our culture. There are many people today who are concerned with the serious problems that face our modern
society: unemployment, violent crime, replacement of humans by technology, over-population and a decline in
the Earth's ecosystems.
Song: Come Tomorrow (Ballad of Jacque Fresco)
Jacque Fresco on Legal and Prison System (video)
The legal and prison systems are just more examples of how our society avoids examining the root causes of
behavior. Billions are spent each year on prisons and police while only a fraction is spend on programs for
poverty which is one of the most fundamental variables responsible for crime to begin with, and as long as we
have an economic system which prefers and in fact creates scarcity and deprivation, crime will never go away. If
people have access to the necessities of life without servitude, debt, barter, trade, they behave very differently.
We want all these thing available without a price tag.
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The Venus Project
The term and meaning of a Resource-Based Economy was originated by Jacque Fresco. It is a system in which all goods and services are available without the use of money, credits, barter or any other system of debt or servitude. All resources become the common heritage of all of the inhabitants, not just a select few. The premise upon which this system is based is that the Earth is abundant with plentiful resource; our practice of rationing resources through monetary methods is irrelevant and counter productive to our survival.
Jacque Talk Series - 2nd Edition - revisited Jacque Fresco Talk Series was filmed in London on Oct 6th 2009 by
the cinematographer Mark Waters and directed by Frank Da Silva. This short film was produced to introduce the
The Venus Project - World Lecture Tour 2010. Production of the documentary will start in 2010.
Imagining a World without Money (video)
You are brought up to believe that you shall earn your living by the sweat of your brow, and that holds people
back. Freeing people from drudgery and repetitive jobs which make them ignorant, you rob them. In a resourcebased
society, machines free people. You see, we can’t imagine that because we’ve never known that kind of
world. In a money-based society, human employment is in direct competition with technical development. The
whole point of technology is to free humans from servitude. The path is clear but our monetary based structure
blocks this progress, for humans need jobs in order to survive. Many occupations today will simply have no
basis to exist in a resource-based economy. Virtually all forms of crime are a result of the monetary system and
without money a great majority of the crimes we see today would never occur. Billions each year are spent on
prisons and police, while only a fraction is spent on programs for poverty, which is one of the most fundamental
variables responsible for crime, and as long as we have an economic system that prefers and in fact creates
scarcity and depravation, crime will never go away. If people have access to the necessities of life without
servitude debt barter trade, they behave very differently. You want all these things available without a price tag.
Larry King Live 1974 with Jacque Fresco (video)
Social Engineering with Jacque Fresco (video)
Research & Development with Jacque Fresco (video)
Social Change with Jacque Fresco (video)
People of the Future with Jacque Fresco (video)
Science and War with Jacque Fresco (video)
Being Responsible with Jacque Fresco (video)
Generalism and Change with Jacque Fresco (video)
No Utopia with Jacque Fresco (video)
Jacque Fresco Lectures
The Venus Project presents a bold, new direction for humanity that entails nothing less than the total redesign of
our culture. There are many people today who are concerned with the serious problems that face our modern
society: unemployment, violent crime, replacement of humans by technology, over-population and a decline in
the Earth's ecosystems.
Song: Come Tomorrow (Ballad of Jacque Fresco)
Jacque Fresco on Legal and Prison System (video)
The legal and prison systems are just more examples of how our society avoids examining the root causes of
behavior. Billions are spent each year on prisons and police while only a fraction is spend on programs for
poverty which is one of the most fundamental variables responsible for crime to begin with, and as long as we
have an economic system which prefers and in fact creates scarcity and deprivation, crime will never go away. If
people have access to the necessities of life without servitude, debt, barter, trade, they behave very differently.
We want all these thing available without a price tag.
Next → Breakthrough In Biology
Back To The Top