Playing Cards

Originally the Starter Deck was to have 4 suits, like standard playing cards. Through discussion Jennifer & Tom Atlee came to realize that put unnecessary limitations on it. That said, it would still be fun to develop a playing card version. Here is a rough draft of the original suits I (Jennifer) came up with (names of some cards have changed. I'll update eventually - JA 1/28/12). If I went forward with this I think it'd be fun to consider what ideas deserve high-value status (king, queen, jack, ace in standard 52 card deck of playing cards) and which are supporting...

NATURE

N1 Price Energy Accurately N2 Polluter Pays Principle N3 Pay for Depleting the Commons N4 Reward Resource Productivity N5 Recognize the Natural Economy N6 Some Things are Not Substitutable N7 Invest in the Commons

POLITICAL

P1 Tame the Bubble Economy P2 Put Corporations in Their Place P3 Ecological Tax Reform (Tax Shifting) P4 Debt Forgiveness as A Policy Tool P5 Eliminate Profit from Ownership P6 Social Dividend P7 Currency for Exchange, Not Accumulation

INDIVIDUAL/INFORMATIONAL

I1 Measure What Matters I3 Shop Less, Live More I4 Less Work, More Fun I5 Degrow the Monetary Economy I6 Share the Pie I7 Steady State Economy
 * I2 Every Purchase is A Vote

COMMUNITY

C1 State and Community Banks C2 Cooperatives C3 Grow Resilient Local Economies C4 Value Basic Needs C5 Reinvent Health Care C6 Regrow the Gift Economy C7 Local Currency for Local Economies

FINANCE/ACCOUNTING (possible additional category being considered - for a real deck of cards, these need to be part of another suit..perhaps INDIVIDUAL/INFORMATIONAL)

F1 Microlending F2 Community Development Banks F3 Life Cycle Costing
 * F4 Local Credit Clearing Systems