For a Tax-Free Green Transition: A parallel economy revolving around its own currency!

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Vincent Lannoye, Aug 5, 2026 - Business & Economics - 41 pages

Inequalities and climate change

 The intertwined challenges of income inequality and costly climate action appear to have reached a dead end, as decades of government intervention have failed to make meaningful progress on either. This deadlock is increasingly dividing public opinion on key policy issues, including taxation, minimum wages, immigration, subsidies, energy standards, and carbon taxes. It has fueled political polarization between the left and the right, the young and the old, and the rural and the urban, contributing to growing instability with each shift in the political majority.

Thinking outside the box of tax-and-regulate policies

 This stagnation raises an important question: Is it time to explore unconventional strategies in the realm of parallel economies and alternative currencies? Could they offer—even to a limited extent—a pathway to gradually create well-paying jobs while incorporating green energy production within their boundaries?

 

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About the author (2026)

Vincent Lannoye was born in the US and grew up in Belgium in an industrial family, which sparked his curiosity to analyze and critique economics. An engineer with an MBA from Edhec France, today he works in high-tech in Silicon Valley. His past, his passion for economy, the lack of accessible works about the economic implications of the fight against global warming, and his monetary ideas, all have inspired him to write about economics.

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