Die Moderne begann mit Hoffnungen auf eine egalitäre Bürgergesellschaft. Unerkannte Privilegien führten jedoch zur Konzentration von struktureller wirtschaftlicher und politischer Macht. Soziale Ungleichheit, Geschlechterhierarchie, Krisen, koloniale Expansionen, Kriege, Abstürze von...

Silvio Gesell argued that ‘rusting’ money is economically and socially beneficial;that claim has often been contended. In Part II of the paper I concentrate on thelong-run implications of his ideas. I show that introducing money depreciationin isolation may be economically non-beneficial in...

Silvio Gesell hypothesized that money depreciation is economically and sociallybeneficial, ideas that have often been contended. Here I analyze that in a Sidrauskimodel in which households additionally have a ‘love of wealth’-motive. In thefirst part of this work these features provide the...

Given the renewed interest in negative interest rates as method for removing the floor to nominal interest rates, this article offers a concise review of Gesell's life, work and its place in the history of economic thought. It provides a brief biographical sketch of Gesell, demonstrating both...

Given the renewed interest in negative interest rates as a means for overcoming the zero bound on nominal interest rates, this article reviews the history of negative nominal interest rates and gives a brief survey over the current proposals that received popular attention in the wake of the...

The challenge of achieving low-carbon communities cannot be underestimated. While government policies set ambitious targets for carbon-reduction over the next 40 years, there remains an urgent need for tools and initiatives to deliver these reductions through behaviour-change among individuals,...

The challenge of achieving low-carbon communities cannot be underestimated. While government policies set ambitious targets for carbon-reduction over the next 40 years, there remains an urgent need for tools and initiatives to deliver these reductions through behaviour-change among individuals,...

In a surprisingly growing number of regions in Germany private "regional currencies" are issued as a cash substitute for the euro. Currently, these regional currencies are conceived almost exclusively as Schwundgeld (depreciative currency), which loses value on a predetermined timescale. This...

In a surprisingly growing number of regions in Germany private regional currenciesʺ are issued as a cash substitute for the euro. Currently, these regional currencies are conceived almost exclusively as Schwundgeld (depreciative currency), which loses value on a predetermined timescale. This...

Die Emission von Regionalwährungen in Deutschland weist gegenwärtig eine erstaunliche Dynamik auf. Handelt es sich dabei um Gutscheine oder Geld? Wie bedeutend sind diese neuen Zahlungsmittel? Lässt sich dieses Phänomen in ein Gesamtkonzept (in-)offizieller Geldformen integrieren?

Time banks and the community currency movement -- Time banks : variety in organization and development -- Who and why : a profile of participants and motivations for joining time banks -- Time bank organizations : membership size and services exchanged -- Time bank members : participation and...

Cover -- Introduction -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One The Case for Regional Currencies -- Chapter 1 Think globally, act regionally -- Globalisation - a dirty word? -- Regional development - a global phenomenon -- Making decisions at the right level -- Global problems, regional solutions...