Economy of plenitude – Polish reception of Clifford Douglas’s idea of social credit

Abstract

The aim of this text is to present Polish non-academic economic theories
inspired by the concept of ‘social credit’ developed by Clifford Hugh Douglas.
The focus of the current analysis is not only the theories as such, but also
social conditions for their emergence, construction and functioning. Most
of the ideas for reconstructing the financial and social system come from
a community close to the foundation called We are Change. The essential
element of the presented concepts is the idea of basic income, also called
a ‘social/national dividend’.