| Article ID: | iaor19901058 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 38 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 97 |
| End Page Number: | 100 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1990 |
| Journal: | Technological Forecasting & Social Change |
| Authors: | Maruyama Magoroh |
| Keywords: | economics |
Existing economic theories are based on the assumptions of (1) investment and return, and (2) money as a universal instrument of transactions. These assumptions are incorrect in many cultures. Other philosophies of money must be understood in order to solve the aggravating international debt problems.