Robin Upton

Robin Upton Born December 1970 (age 54) Residence Dhaka, Bangladesh Known for Gift Economy, Altruistic Economics Main interests economy, economics, gift economy

After growing up in UK and Denmark, Robin Upton trained as a mathematician before heading off to Bangladesh in 1998. After learning about the Ponzi scheme nature of fiat currency, he has been working on an alternative since 2004. The decentralised accounting model, a form of mutual credit model, he called Altruistic Economics. The computer network to implement it, he called Friend2Friend. He is now working on permaculture in Bangladesh. A long time listener of the show, he took over the task as main host from Lyn Gerry in 2010. This takes up most of his free time when he is not computer programming or guerilla gardening. In Summer 2011, he released Wikipedia Plus. See Also ♫ List of All Unwelcome Guests Episodes which feature Robin Upton Personal Page: http://www.RobinUpton.com

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