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Social credit is a distributive philosophy of political economy developed by C. H. Douglas. Douglas attributed economic downturns to discrepancies between the cost of goods and the compensation of the workers who made them. To combat what he saw as a chronic deficiency of purchasing power in the economy, Douglas prescribed government intervention in the form of the issuance of debt-free money directly to consumers or producers (if they sold their product below cost to consumers) in order to combat such discrepancy.^[1]

In defence of his ideas, Douglas wrote that "Systems were made for men, and not men for systems, and the interest of man which is self-development, is above all systems, whether theological, political or economic."^[2] Douglas said that Social Crediters want to build a new civilization based upon "absolute economic security" for the individual, where "they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid."^[3]^[4] In his words, "what we really demand of existence is not that we shall be put into somebody else's Utopia, but we shall be put in a position to construct a Utopia of our own."^[5]

The idea of social credit attracted considerable interest in the interwar period, with the Alberta Social Credit Party briefly distributing "prosperity certificates" to the Albertan populace. However, Douglas opposed the distribution of prosperity certificates which were based upon the theories of Silvio Gesell.^[6] Douglas' theory of social credit has been disputed and rejected by most economists and bankers. Prominent economist John Maynard Keynes references Douglas's ideas in his book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money,^[7] but instead poses the principle of effective demand to explain differences in output and consumption.

^ "Clifford Douglas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
^ Douglas, C.H. (1974). Economic Democracy (Fifth Authorised ed.). Epsom, Surrey, England: Bloomfield Books. pp. 18. ISBN 978-0-904656-06-0. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
^ Douglas, C.H. (1954). "Cover". The Douglas Quarterly Review. The Fig Tree, New Series. Vol. 1, no. June. Belfast, Northern Ireland: K.R.P. Publications (published 1954–1955). Cover.
^ Micah 4:4
^ Douglas, C.H. (1933). "Major C.H. Douglas Speaks". Sydney: Douglas Social Credit Association: 41. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Douglas, C. H. "The Approach to Reality" (PDF). The Australian League of Rights. Retrieved 27 February 2008.
^ Keynes, John M. (1936). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: MacMillan & Co Ltd. pp. 32, 98–100, 370–371. ISBN 978-1-56000-149-2.

[1] "Clifford Douglas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

[2] Douglas, C.H. (1974). Economic Democracy (Fifth Authorised ed.). Epsom, Surrey, England: Bloomfield Books. pp. 18. ISBN 978-0-904656-06-0. Retrieved 12 November 2008.

[Douglas-3] Douglas, C.H. (1954). "Cover". The Douglas Quarterly Review. The Fig Tree, New Series. Vol. 1, no. June. Belfast, Northern Ireland: K.R.P. Publications (published 1954–1955). Cover.

[ReferenceB-4] Micah 4:4

[The_Necessity_for_a_National_rather_than_an_International_Financial_System-5] Douglas, C.H. (1933). "Major C.H. Douglas Speaks". Sydney: Douglas Social Credit Association: 41. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[6] Douglas, C. H. "The Approach to Reality" (PDF). The Australian League of Rights. Retrieved 27 February 2008.

[Keynes_General_Theory-7] Keynes, John M. (1936). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: MacMillan & Co Ltd. pp. 32, 98–100, 370–371. ISBN 978-1-56000-149-2.

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