So the alternate currency I want to talk about it the Time Bank. The currency is in Time Dollars and it trades one hour of work for another hour of work.
It's a neat idea meant to strengthen the community as well as present a new currency. See if there is one near you!
http://www.timebanks.org/I don't know how grand a scale this can work on, and I think it would take some work to have it expand beyond a local level. It also makes everyone's time even. I'm torn as to whether say a surgeon's hour is going to match up to an hour of babysitting. On the one hand I think that evening it out like that is nice, that placing a worth on time is an outdated and often unfair way of looking at things. On the other hand, if you spend x years of your life becoming a surgeon, then maybe there should be a scale.
The time bank tends to deal in things like helping with a garden or pet, babysitting etc...
I think it is a wonderful idea, if not viable at the moment as a replacement for money.
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