Monthly Archives: April 2011
Hours and Yours
This is an excellent interview of Paul Glover, the inventor of the Ithaca Hours, in the e-zine Reality Sandwich. It’s a remarkably well-thought out design. One of the problems I’ve considered with a community currency is that grocers would be, … Continue reading
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Class 1A: Defining the Signs of Success
Welcome to the first class of Glocal Economics! During this class we compared the two major economic models, characterized by Jeffrey Sachs and Vandana Shiva, and then defined what we would see as the signs that an economic system had … Continue reading
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