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2012 Special Issue: Thirty Years of Community and Complementary Currencies
Bringing together 17 new research papers from around the world, this special issue celebrates thirty years of community and complementary currencies, and assesses their impacts, potential and challenges. Edited by Jerome Blanc. View the papers individually, using the menu above, or download the whole issue here. IJCCR 2012 Vol 16 Special Issue Complete Editorial Thirty […]
Editorial 2012 (Volume 16 Special Issue): Thirty Years of Community and Complementary Currencies
July 8, 2012
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Jérôme Blanc Volume 16 (2012) Special Issue IJCCR 2012 Blanc
Trophic currencies: ecosystem modeling and resilient economies
July 8, 2012
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Marc Brakken, Preston Austin, Stephanie Rearick and Leander Bindewald: In this paper we present a theoretical currency model analogous to trophic food chains, and argue that appropriately differentiated currencies from supranational currencies to regional, sectoral and down to timebanking and nonreciprocal exchanges can help better activate the value in the world, empowering communities and economies.
Emerging trend of complementary currencies systems as policy instruments for environmental purposes: changes ahead?
July 8, 2012
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Hélène Joachain and Frédéric Klopfert: We contribute to the research on CC as policy instruments for environmental sustainability by presenting a selection of such CC systems and by proposing a taxonomy of their constitutive parameters.
CC Coupon Circulation and Shopkeepers’ Behaviour: A Case Study of the City of Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
July 8, 2012
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Ken-ichi Kurita, Yoshihisa Miyazaki and Makoto Nishibe: This article introduces the history of community currencies in Japan, and examines the successes and remaining problems of the community currency coupons which are currently gaining such popularity.
Local Exchange Trading Systems in Central European post-Communist Countries
July 8, 2012
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Jelínek P., Szalay Zs. and Konečný A: This paper gives information about Local Exchange Trade Systems in the region of former Czechoslovakia, Poland and Hungary, discussing possible reasons for variations in CC experience.
Stroud Pound: A Local Currency to Map, Measure and Strengthen the Local Economy
July 8, 2012
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Molly Scott Cato and Marta Suárez: The paper details the first two years of the life of the Stroud Pound which seeks to build greater resilience and strength into the local economy. We use the local currency as a research tool to explore issues such as: the size of the local multiplier; extent of trade between local producers; the dynamics of the local economy; and the diverse motivations of scheme participants.
Solidarity economy between a focus on the local and a global view
July 8, 2012
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Krister Volkmann: Money can be a medium of communication, a means to either change society, or to preserve a community in the sense of “resilience” against outside threat - this paper explores that idea referring to the newly established regional currencies (Regionalwährungen) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and the 'solidarity economy' concept.
Moral Money: A Case Study at the Chiemgauer Regional money
July 8, 2012
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Christian Thiel: The focus of the sociological study is on how the German Regiogeld System affects actions of consumers. Money is evaluated concerning its functionality and its symbolism.
Sustainability of the Argentine Complementary Currency Systems
July 8, 2012
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Georgina M. Gómez: The Redes de Trueque (RT) thrived during the economic crisis of 2001 in Argentina but fell sharply after 2002. Following an institutionalist perspective, this article assesses the sustainability of the governance systems in the RT in relation to input legitimacy, rule enforcement, resource synergy and transaction and organisational costs.
Economic Activity Without Official Currency in Greece: The * Hypothesis
July 8, 2012
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Irene Sotiropoulou: This paper attempts to formulate a hypothesis to explore within a historical perspective, how currency scheme members with both their discourse and action, challenge our perceptions about important issues in economics.
Does Demurrage matter for Complementary Currencies?
July 8, 2012
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Hugo Godschalk: Currency with demurrage ('rusting') has never been implemented the way it was originally intended. This paper argues a demurrage-based CC could be helpful as a temporary steering instrument during economic depressions.
A comparison in transaction efficiency between dispersive and concentrated money creation
July 8, 2012
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Nozomi Kichiji and Makoto Nishibe: We compare concentrated creation of money with dispersive creation of money, using computer simulation, to show the advantage of dispersive money creation embodied into LETS.
Community Currencies as Integrative Communication Media for Evolutionist Institutional Design
July 2, 2012
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Makoto Nishibe: The present article shows that community currencies (CCs) are interpreted as integrative communication media with dual aspects of money and language, and that CCs should be strategic targets for evolutionist institutional design in order to solve problems caused by global capitalism.
Tax Anticipation Scrip as a Form of Local Currency in the USA during the 1930s
July 2, 2012
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Loren Gatch: This article surveys the varieties of tax anticipation scrip issue during the 1930s Great Depression, and suggests some applications to non-crisis circumstances.
Selling Scrip to America: Ideology, Self-help and the experiments of the Great Depression
July 2, 2012
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Sarah Elvins: Although there was no single pattern to the use of alternative currency in America during the Great Depression, the arguments used by supporters of scrip often played on common themes. Scrip appealed to American notions of self-help and individualism, and few Americans were willing to embrace radical change.
Democratizing Money: Historical Role of the U.S. Federal Government in Currency Creation
July 2, 2012
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Saul Wainwright. For 260 years the US federal government has claimed that the most democratic money is a scarce form of money. This paper reviews two challenges to that claim: in the 1860’s by the Greenback Party and the 1980s by the Community Currency movement.
July 9, 2012
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