The dominating, fundamental misunderstanding of what money also plagues Local Currencies. The belief that money emerged from Barter Exchange with the ultimate goal of lubricating market transactions is one that has shaped the socio-economic landscape as we know it. The result is an economy that is faulty and fragile. In this two part project, the true fundamentals of money are uncovered and applied to Local Currencies; to be seen as a tool for restimulating and restabilizing the economy. This paper takes two parts: 1- A theoretical approach, and 2) A proof of concept. After a year of research and implementation, it is clear how impactful local currencies can be in transforming the socio-economic landscape in a more equitable, accessible man...
Abstract: The paper aims to show the impact that a complementary currency may have on a national eco...
From at least the 16th century to the space age, to the computer age, the world has been in an ever ...
The last decade has seen the burgeoning of several hundred local community currency institutions in ...
Nowadays no one disputes the role and the significance of local currencies. We can find local curren...
Local currencies have been founded in dozens of communities around the United States. By printing th...
In response to the global financial crisis of 2007, a number of central banks used quantitative easi...
In response to the global financial crisis of 2007, a number of central banks used quantitative easi...
The idea that money needs to be more ‘local’ to enable more environmentally sustainable and socially...
The last decade has seen the burgeoning of several hundred local community currency institutions in ...
The paper examines local complementary currencies, a type of economic money substitute, as one of th...
The idea that money needs to be more ‘local’ to enable more environmentally sustainable and socially...
The article focuses on the phenomenon of local cur-rencies. It discusses, from the sociological poin...
Local communities encounter various problems related to the global economic system. Socio-economic c...
The thesis is focused on local currencies. In response to the current economic crisis, there is a re...
1 Abstract Since 2010 in France, local and complementary currencies have grown signif- icantly, brin...
Abstract: The paper aims to show the impact that a complementary currency may have on a national eco...
From at least the 16th century to the space age, to the computer age, the world has been in an ever ...
The last decade has seen the burgeoning of several hundred local community currency institutions in ...
Nowadays no one disputes the role and the significance of local currencies. We can find local curren...
Local currencies have been founded in dozens of communities around the United States. By printing th...
In response to the global financial crisis of 2007, a number of central banks used quantitative easi...
In response to the global financial crisis of 2007, a number of central banks used quantitative easi...
The idea that money needs to be more ‘local’ to enable more environmentally sustainable and socially...
The last decade has seen the burgeoning of several hundred local community currency institutions in ...
The paper examines local complementary currencies, a type of economic money substitute, as one of th...
The idea that money needs to be more ‘local’ to enable more environmentally sustainable and socially...
The article focuses on the phenomenon of local cur-rencies. It discusses, from the sociological poin...
Local communities encounter various problems related to the global economic system. Socio-economic c...
The thesis is focused on local currencies. In response to the current economic crisis, there is a re...
1 Abstract Since 2010 in France, local and complementary currencies have grown signif- icantly, brin...
Abstract: The paper aims to show the impact that a complementary currency may have on a national eco...
From at least the 16th century to the space age, to the computer age, the world has been in an ever ...
The last decade has seen the burgeoning of several hundred local community currency institutions in ...