Concept information
Preferred term
community currencies
Definition
- Community currencies are fast-growing money and exchange systems operating on a local level in municipalities and regions worldwide. Conventional economic theory implicitly assumes that money is a passive medium of exchange affecting neither the transactions performed nor the relationships between the people using the money. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Community Currencies]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/community_currencies
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