| Description |
1 online resource (258 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Introduction; Contents; Introduction; Part One The Case for Regional Currencies; Chapter 1 Think globally, act regionally; Globalisation -- a dirty word?; Regional development -- a global phenomenon; Making decisions at the right level; Global problems, regional solutions; Chapter 2 Money, the blind spot; What is money?; What is the cost of money?; People Money; Complementary currencies ; Regional currencies; Policies for regional currencies; A negative example: how to destroy regional sustainability ; Two positive examples of regional currencies; Banco Palmas, Brazil |
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WIR Bank, SwitzerlandWIR's stabilisation effect on the Swiss economy; What can we learn? ; Chapter 3 An old idea in new clothes; Historical precedents ; Good money, bad money?; Historical inflation rates; From gold standard to global currencies; Local money in the UK ; The Guernsey Story; The Wörgl Story; Regional currencies for regional economies ; Key lessons; Chapter 4 Characteristics of regional currencies; Each region is different; Goal: reverse the drainage effect; Key elements of a regional currency; The 'best' mechanism? A lively debate!; Integration and organisation |
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Criteria applying to a regional currencyCo-operation with financial institutions; Fiscal aspects of regional currencies; Clearing systems; Part Two -- Regional Currencies in Practice; Chapter 5 A global community of practice; Learning from doing; Is it a movement?; Why do people start them? ; Where are they?; Chapter 6 How to implement a regional currency; Learning from a currency that failed; Development process; Complex system; Get on board ; Models of ownership -- who can start it and how long does it take? ; Researching the routes and destinations -- the key economic and social players |
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Designing the bus -- choosing the currency mechanismCreating a bus company -- formalising ownership and governance; Hiring the drivers and servicing the passengers -- management of the currency; Keeping the bus on the road -- recovering costs; Telling people about the service -- marketing; When to launch? ; Remember to review; Chapter 7 The people and their money -- portraits of regional currencies; Who starts them? ; The many habits of highly effective local money organisers; A simplified typology of regional currencies; Interviews with local organisers |
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Currencies that support local economy -- Business Exchange SystemsThe Business Exchange, Scotland ; Community Connect Trade Association, USA; RES, Belgium; puntoTRANSacciones, El Salvador; Currencies that support local economy -- other local economic models; Brixton Pound, England; Talente Tauschkreis Vorarlberg, Austria; Equal Dollars, USA; BerkShares, USA; Chiemgauer, Germany; SOL Violette, France; Ithaca HOURS USA; Argentine stories; Currencies that grow community; Blaengarw Time Centre, Wales; Community Exchange System, South Africa; Dane County Time Bank, USA; Other regional models |
| Summary |
People Money is a comprehensive guide to the principles and practice of regional currencies. It shows how regional currencies can transform the lives and well-being of local communities, how they can sustain businesses, how local authorities can participate in their success and, consequently, why supporting regional currencies is of vital importance to the future of your community, region or country. It's also a comprehensive guide to the process of developing and implementing a regional currency.-- Publisher description |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Local exchange trading systems.
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Money.
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Globalization.
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Currency question.
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globalism.
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Currency question
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Globalization
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Local exchange trading systems
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Money
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lietaer, Bernard A
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Rogers, John, 1959-
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| ISBN |
9781908009821 |
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1908009829 |
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1908009764 |
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9781908009760 |
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