Alternative Currencies : A Critical Approach

• Main Author: Larue, Louis (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Routledge, 2025.
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Series: Routledge frontiers of political economy.
• Subjects: Money.; Money;Complementary Currencies;Philosophy of Money;Sociology of Money;Alternative Monetary Systems;Alternative Monetary Policy;Critical Finance Studies;Monetary Reforms;philosophy of economics; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781003530497; 1003530494; 9781040357545; 1040357547; 9781040357514; 1040357512; 9781032870212
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

A wide variety of new forms of money have been developed in recent decades as a challenge or complement to the official, dominant currencies. LETS, local currencies, carbon currencies, and Bitcoins are all examples of this new trend. These currencies are at the heart of a larger movement that questi...