In our school, every Thursday afternoon, we have company prayer meetings. I am thinking that in addition to biblical exhortation, I would suggest to the administrative officers to add an in-house training in financial literacy. The goal is for the teachers and staff to manage personal finances and reduce financial stress by studying basic money management and fintech. With this goal in mind, I want to publish an article with links to the previous articles I published elsewhere. This will serve as an accessible reference once my proposal has been accepted. Hopefully, we could start this training next school year.

Economic and Monetary History

I would like to start with a brief outline of economic history and monetary history. This information will serve as a backbone for the employees to understand that the world is in serious crisis because of its current monetary system.

The 2008 Meltdown

The next lesson would be a revisit of the economic meltdown that happened in 2008. Most people I know remain clueless as to what happened then. As such, they are susceptible to mainstream propaganda that the crash was due to an unregulated market. I published a series of nine articles in 2015 to digest Tom Woods Jr.'s book, Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse (2009).

• The Real Culprit

• The 2008 Housing Bubble and GSEs

• 2008 Housing Bubble: The Law, Speculation, and Rating Agencies

• 2008 Housing Bubble: Tax Code, the Fed and its Monetary Policy

• 2008 Housing Bubble: Blaming Financial Deregulation and the "Too Big to Fail" Mentality

• 2008 Housing Bubble: The Bailout Bonanza!

• 2008 Housing Bubble: Four Popular Tools to Solve the Economic Crisis

• Separation Between Money and State

• The Path to Economic Recovery

The reason why understanding the 2008 economic meltdown is important is because of the foundational role of the US dollar both in the global economy and the existing monetary system. If there is anything that President Duterte got right during his term, it is the identification of the role of the US dollar in our nation's inflationary struggle.

Context

Contextualizing the problem to the specific situation of the Philippine economy, I think the three articles below would be helpful:

• Monetary Policy and the Philippine Economy—Dr. John V. C. Nye's Lecture

• The Key to Philippine Prosperity

• Lessons from New Zealand

The next series of articles will focus on a narrative about my journey from financial literacy to cryptocurrency beginning in 2009. At that time, I got involved with a Filipino-Chinese business community. In 2015, that was the time I started exploring the Philippine stock market.

Financial Literacy

• Work to Learn

• Protecting Yourself from Financial Disaster

• The Power of Leverage

• How Do People Respond When They Need Money?

Financial Freedom

• The Way to Financial Freedom Part 1

• The Way to Financial Freedom Part 2

• The Way to Financial Freedom Part 3

• The Way to Financial Freedom Part 4

• Understanding Independence in the Context of an Alternative Monetary System

• The Way to Financial Freedom Part 5

• The Way to Financial Freedom: The Conclusion

After six years, despite the pandemic, 2020 marked a very profitable year for my stock investment. Sadly, I didn't expect that with the arrival of the Omicron variant, the Philippine stock market stayed flat for months. During the second half of 2021, that's the time I shifted my interest to the crypto space.

The Eurodollar System

• Exploring the Eurodollar Market to Understand the Background of Cryptocurrency

• Motives and Regulation

• Three Areas of Disagreement

• The Eurodollar Market and Cryptocurrency

• The Start Of The Eurodollar System

• Growth Of Eurodollar System And Domestic Money Supply

• Eurodollar System: Cryptocurrency's Path To Adoption

• EuroDollar University: What Is the Eurodollar System?

To understand the technology behind cryptocurrency, one must first grasp the role of the Eurodollar system.

Cryptocurrency

• From Economics to Cryptocurrency

• Responding to Common Criticisms of Cryptocurrency

• Conversation with My Wife about Cryptocurrency

• Responding to Questions About Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency

Among numerous names in the crypto space, Hive is the most familiar name for me. I have been in this decentralized blockchain and ecosystem for close to five years now.

Hive

• Digital Assets Vision 2030 and the Value of Hive Blockchain: Navigating a New Economic Frontier

• Digital Assets Vision 2030 and the Value of Hive Blockchain: Navigating a New Economic Frontier Part 2

• Digital Assets Vision 2030 and the Value of Hive Blockchain: Navigating a New Economic Frontier Last Part and Conclusion

• Digital Assets 2030: The Hive Advantage in a Shifting Financial Landscape

• Not About Getting Rich: Hive as a Path Toward Financial Freedom

Many of the articles above can be found in my directory. However, I see the need for having a separate post for the specific purpose I have in mind. I intend to utilize this article once the administrative officers approve my proposal to have an in-house training.

Grace and peace!