Justin Pearce-Neudorf: Freiwirtschaft (German for free economy) is an economic idea founded by Silvio Gesell in 1916. He called it Natürliche Wirtschaftsordnung (natural economic order). His idea has not been put into practice by any state since then. However, in 1932, a group of Swiss businessmen used his ideas to found WIR. Freiwirtschaft consists of three central… 10/20/2011Highly Influential