ECONOMICS: alternative and complementary
There are a variety of alternative and complementary economic ‘tools’. They include: locally managed currencies, LETs, credit unions, commodity based currencies, ‘gift’ economy, barter etc. They provide an opportunity to develop an integrated economics which has less to do with the current main-stream economic activities of speculation and exploitation, and more to do with satisfying people’s real needs and respecting the environment.
My involvement: (in the UK and Austria)
- facilitating the setting up of local schemes e.g. LETS (Talentetauschkreise) and credit unions etc.
- advising local authorities and voluntary organisations on local currency schemes
