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An Empirical Study of the Social Effects of Community Currencies

July 8, 2012

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Hiromi Nakazato and Takeshi Hiramoto: This paper introduces the concept of social support as a social effect of community currencies and explores different ways of measuring it. We compare two community currency organizations: Ichi-Muraoka in Japan and Bytesring Stockholm (BYTS) in Sweden.

Time is of the Essence: The Challenges and Achievements of a Swedish Time Banking Initiative

May 29, 2012

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This study focuses on the only existing time banking initiative in Sweden – TidsNätverket i Bergsjön (TNB). It explores the organization’s: 1) challenges, 2) achievements with regard to empowering its participants and creating social capital, as well as 3) if these can be attributed to TNB’s use of time banking. The semi-structured interviews and studies […]

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