Complementary Currencies/BoK EN - Literature

Books

Arkel, Henk van & Camilo Ramada (2001) Poor Because of Money. Utrecht: Strohalm Foundation. [1]

Boyle, David (1999) Funny Money. In Search of Alternative Cash. London: Harper Collins Publishers

Brown, Ellen H. (2008) Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth About our Money System and How We Can Break Free. Third Millennium Press

Cahn, Edgar S. & J. Rowe (1992) Time Dollars: The New Currency That Enables Americans to Turn Their Hidden Resource-Time into Personal Security and Community Renewal. Rodale Press

Cahn, Edgar S. (2000) No More Throw Away People. The Co-Production Imperative. Essential Books Ltd. 2nd Edition

Douthwaite, Richard J. (1992) The Growth Illusion. How Economic Growth Has Enriched the Few, Impoverished the Many and Endangered the Planet. Dublin: The Lilliput Press Ltd.

Douthwaite, Richard J. (1996) Short Circuit; Strengthening Local Economies for Security in an Unstable World. Totnes: Green Books

Douthwaite, Richard J. (1999) The Ecology of Money. Devon: Green Books

Douthwaite, Richard J. & Dan Wagman (1999) Barataria. A Community Exchange Network for the Third System. Utrecht: Strohalm.

Fisher, Irving & Hans R.L. Cohrssen (1933) Stamp Scrip. New York: Adelphi Company Publishers. [2]

Gesell, Silvio (1992) Het Wondereiland Barataria (translated by Juan Acratillo (1922) Der Wunderinsel Barataria). Utrecht: Strohalm (In Dutch)

Gesell, Silvio (2009) Das Wunderinsel Barataria. (translated from Spanish by Klaus Rosenfeld) Freiheitswerk (In German) [3]

Gesell, Silvio (1918 3rd edition.) The Natural Economic Order (translation by Philip Pye, 1958). London: Peter Owen Ltd. [4]

Greco, Thomas H. Jr. (2009) The End of Money and the Future of Civilization. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing.

Greco, Thomas H. Jr. (2001) Money. Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing.

Hoogendijk, Willem (1993) Economie Ondersteboven. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Jan van Arkel (In Dutch)

Hoogendijk, Willem (1994) De Grote Ommekeer. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Jan van Arkel (In Dutch)

Kennedy, Margrit (1995) Interest and Inflation Free Money: Creating an Exchange Medium That Works for Everybody and Protects the Earth. Permakultur Publikationen.

Kennedy, Margrit & Bernard. A. Lietaer (2004) Regionalwährungen; Neue Wege zu Nachhaltigem Wohlstand. Munchen: Riemann Verlag. (In German)

Lietaer, Bernard A. (1999) The Future of Money: Creating New Wealth, Work and a Wiser World. Post Falls: Century Publishers.

Lietaer, Bernard A. (2000) Mysterium Geld. Emotionale Bedeutung und Wirkungsweise eines Tabus. Munchen: Riemann Verlag. (In German)

Lietaer, Bernard A., Sylvia Schneider & Joachim Knappe (2001) Die Welt des Geldes. Das Aufklärungsbuch. Arena. (In German)

Lietaer, Bernard A. (Forthcoming) Of Human Wealth. New Money for a New World. Citerra Press.

North, Peter (2010) Local Money. How to Make it Happen in Your Community. Devon: GreenBooks

Studer, Tobias (1998) Wir und unserer Volkswirtschaft. Basel: WIR. (Translated from the German by Philip H. Beard, 2006 ‘Wir and the Swiss National Economy’ Rohnert Park: Sanoma State University). (Partly available: [5])

Articles

Adams, William Lee (2009) Bartering: Have Hotel, Need Haircut. Time, Monday November 2nd, 2009. [6]

Aldridge, T.J. & A. Patterson (2002) ‘LETS get Real: Constraints on the Development of Local Exchange Trading Schemes’, Area, 34 (4): 370-381

Birch, Toby (2008) The Guernsey Experiment. Available: [7]

Champ, Bruce (2009) ‘Stamp Scrip: Money People Paid To Use’, Community Currency Magazine, 2009 (May): 35-38. 00006789735e5fb0483a3

Defila, Heidi (1994) ‘60 Years of the WIR Economic Circle Cooperative. Origins and Ideology of the Wirtschaftsring’. Wir Magazine, September 1994. (Translated from the German by Thomas Greco). [8]

Gelleri, Christian (2009) ‘Chiemgauer Regiomoney: Theory and Practice of a Local Currency’, International Journal of Community Currency Research, 13: 61-75. [9]

Hilten, Rob Van. (2009) Commercial Credit Circuit Reader. Utrecht Social Trade Organization. (In Dutch)

Hilten, Rob Van (2009) “Commercial Credit Circuit” om het MKB Bedrijfsleven te Stimuleren. Utrecht: Social Trade Organization. (In Dutch)

Lietaer, Bernard A. (2004) ‘Complementary Currencies in Japan Today: History, Originality and Relevance’, International Journal of Community Currency Research, 8 (1): 1-23. %20vol%208%20(2004)%201%20Lietaer.pdf

Lietaer, Bernard A. (2008) The Banking Crisis: What Can Business Do Now? [10]

Moore, Tristana (06-02-2007) ‘Germans Take Pride in Local Money’. BBC News. [11]

Seyfang, Gill (2002) ‘Tackling Social Exclusion with Community Currencies; Learning from LETS to Time Banks’. International Journal of Community Currency Research, 6 (3): 1-11

Seyfang, Gill (2004) Bartering for a Better Future. Community Currencies and Sustainable Consumption. Working paper of the Research Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE). Norwich: University of East Anglia press. edm_2004_10.pdf

Seyfang, Gill (2004) ‘Time on Our Side. Time Banks and Active Citizenship’. IPPR New Economy, 9 (4): 242-247

Seyfang, Gill (2004) ‘Time Banks: Rewarding Community Self-help in the Innercity?’, Community Development Journal, 39 (1): 62-71

Stodder, James P. (1998) ‘Corporate Barter and Macroeconomic Stabilization’. International Journal of Community Currency Research, 2 (2)

Stodder, James P. (2005) Reciprocal Exchange Networks. Implications for Macroeconomic Stability. WirPlus Magazine, October 2000

Stodder, James P. (2007) Residual Barter Networks and Macro-Economic Stability; Switzerland’s Wirtschaftsring. [12]

Valentini, Ezio (2000) Switzerland’s WIR System and Barter Worldwide. wir_and_barter.pdf