Academy Papers
Here you will find the Gradido Academy’s peer-reviewed publications, available on Zenodo.
An integral monetary and economic reform - the Gradido concept
This concept study formulates the Gradido model as an integrative response to four intertwined tensions of the present: the growth compulsion of the debt money system, the substitution of gainful employment by AI and robotics, the concentration of wealth and the transgression of planetary boundaries. At its core is a plus-sum mechanism in a new currency (Gradido, GDD): debt-free per capita money creation, mathematically complemented by a perishability (demurrage) of 50 % per year. Open research questions are explicitly stated; the study is an invitation to large-scale cooperation.
Concept study German
An integral monetary and economic reform - the Gradido concept
Concept Study English
An Integrative Monetary and Economic Reform - The Gradido Concept
Differentiated peacebuilding - Gradido in the Senghaas hexagon
This working paper locates the gradido concept in Dieter Senghaas‘ (2004) civilizational hexagon - six mutually supporting conditions for sustainable peace. Based on the convergence of fifteen independent lines of connection from peace and cooperation research, it examines how a monetary and economic architecture can structurally shape peace. A comparison with seven other reform concepts shows: Gradido is the only one to address all six hexagon conditions. The methodological core is connectivity, not superiority - the paper sees itself as an invitation to convergence in peace research, reform economics and political practice.
Peace Paper German
Differentiated peacebuilding - Gradido in the Senghaas hexagon
Peace Paper English
Differentiated Peace Promotion - Gradido in the Senghaas Hexagon
The Orderly Transition from the Fiat System to the Gradido System — A Three-Part Study
This three-part study examines whether the transition from today’s debt-based monetary system to Gradido can be achieved in an orderly manner—voluntarily, without expropriation and without collapse, so that no one loses out. Debt forgiveness or bail-ins are replaced by a voluntary transformation offer: A claim is converted into a value-secured GDT credit (government debt) or an interest-free Gradido loan (private debt) — preserving wealth through asset transformation. Across its three parts, the study demonstrates that the entire financial layer—government, private, and reserve debt—can be transferred in an orderly manner as a positive-sum process, while the real economy carries over unchanged.
Part 1 German
National debt
Part 1 English
Sovereign Debt
Further papers will follow.