Local money : how to make it happen in your community
Häftad bok. Totnes : Transition Books. 1 uppl. 2010. 240 sidor.
Nära nyskick. The economic crisis and the bailing out of the banks by taxpayers has made us all aware of the vulnerability of our financial system. We need to think urgently about how to reclaim the power that the bankers hold. In past recessions and depressions across the world, communities have done just that - by creating their own forms of money. Local Money shows how this is possible.This book is an inspiring guide that helps you understand what money is and how you can create money that stays in the community - building loyalty between consumers and local traders rather than losing wealth to the corporate chain stores. It explains how alternative currencies can work with local banks and credit unions to strengthen the local economy, supporting the local production of necessities such as food and energy while helping to reduce the community's carbon emissions.Local Money draws on the long history of local currencies, from Local Exchange Trading Schemes and `time banks' to paper currencies such as BerkShares, Ithaca `Hours' and German regional currencies, which circulate between local businesses as an alternative to their losing trade to the `big box' retailers. The story culminates in the development of the first Transition currencies, the Totnes, Lewes, Stroud and Brixton Pounds.
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9781900322522
- Titel
- Local money : how to make it happen in your community
- Författare
- North, Peter
- Förlag
- Totnes : Transition Books
- Utgivningsår
- 2010
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index.
Foreword by Rob Hopkins. Introduction: The Vision. Part One -- The Justification: The money we have; What is money -- and can we change it?; Localisation. Part Two -- Alternative Currency Models: A brief history of alternative currencies; Local Exchange Trading Schemes; Time banking; Ithaca and other 'Hours'; Argentina's barter networks; German regional currencies; BerkShares. Part Three -- Transition Currencies: The first Transition currency -- the Totnes Pound (by Noel Longhurst); Build the world anew -- the Lewes Pound; The Stroud Pound Co-op -- a local currency for the Five Valleys (with Molly Scott Cato); Local money in a global city -- the Brixton Pound; How to do it -- starting and building a local currency. Part Four -- Towards Resilient Local Economies: Towards a deeper ecosystem of currencies and local finance; Some closing thoughts. References. Resources. Index
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