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Trade Pounds + Links = Barter Currencies
http://bartercard.wordpress.com
Usury-Free Banking and ethical accounting with private, complementary and stable currencies - the solution to the dilemma of 'national currencies' and the so-called credit crisis.
- Added on: Feb 13th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Dutch Barter System Challenges Bankers
This article is about possibly the most effective regional currency put in circulation – juxtaposing it against the key thinkers and systems around: the right analysis, the right motivation and thus the right governance. May it succeed and serv...
Why I don’t love Bartercard any more
Isn’t it a pity when great ideas are implemented in ways that are not so great? Well, Wayne Sharpe, the founder of Bartercard, told me clearly why he did it: he saw a commercial opportunity. That’s great, for Bartercard could be a social ...
Barter in Action?
John-Paul Flintoff wrote an article about barter for the Sunday Times and introduced me to Tim Ashley-Sparks, the MD of Bartercard UK. I spent a lot of time on the phone with Tim, before I travelled to their offices near Uxbridge. There I also met Ja...
Challenging the Recession - after the event
Thanks to Brad Meyer from Collaboration, we can offer video recordings of the event before lunch here. After lunch, a number of us met in Room 14 - the Gladstone Room - where the most extraordinary cross-connections became apparent: between law firm...
The future of finance
At 11am on Thursday 23rd April in the House of Commons Grand Committee Room, expert speakers will create the debate on financial reform at the Forum for Stable Currencies. Expert speakers will be advocating economic democracy through freedom from Na...
US communities print own currencies to keep cash flowing
This article in USA TODAY summarizes nicely how people are helping themselves. How bad does it have to get in Britain, one wonders… But LetsLink UK is inundated with requests for help! ...
