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Let’s build a Healthy Community Economy Here and Now. Do-it-Together Economic Justice and Community Resilience. What would you do to improve your community if you could?. What if money were no object?. Is Money an Object?. But wait. ob·ject. Noun:
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Let’s build a Healthy Community Economy Here and Now Do-it-Together Economic Justice and Community Resilience
Is Money an Object? But wait...
ob·ject Noun: A material thing that can be seen and touched.
mon·ey 1. A medium that can be exchanged for goods and services and is used as a measure of their values on the market, including among its forms a commodity such as gold, an officially issued coin or note, or a deposit in a checking account or other readily liquefiable account. 2. The official currency, coins, and negotiable paper notes issued by a government. MONEY IS AN AGREEMENT.
What is an Economy? Distributed system for meeting people’s needs
What Does an Economy Do? Distribution of Work Reciprocity Incentives Risk-Pooling Resource Allocation
We have options TimeBanking Community-Issued Currency Price-based Mutual Credit Commercial Credit Circuits Community Banking
TimeBanking“We have what we need if we use what we have” -- Edgar Cahn-- Edgar Cahn-- Edgar Cahn Social Services Community Centers Community Justice Public & Private Institutions Local Business Dane County TimeBank Artists & Arts Organizations Local Food Production Faith-based
Community Market Economy
What would you do to improve your community if you could? What if money were no object? What’s stopping you?
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