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Time-based currency

In economics, a time-based currency is an alternative currency or exchange system where the unit of account is the person-hour or some other time unit. Some time-based currencies value everyone's contributions equally: one hour equals one service credit. In these systems, one person volunteers to work for an hour for another person; thus, they are…

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History

Cincinnati Time StoreIndividualist anarchistJosiah WarrenLabor theory of valueRobert Owen
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Time dollars

Mutual creditTime creditsService creditsCreditDebit
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Studies and examples

HMOGorbalsGlasgow
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Timebanking and the timebank

CaregiversFiat currency
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Base unit
Hours
Date of introduction
19th century
Nickname
Timebanking
Symbol
Time Dollar‎
User(s)
Global

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Time dollars

Timebanking and the timebank

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Timebanking around the world

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Time-based currency

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples26
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

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Time-based currency

Top relations

related to Spice Timebank · 9
Time-based currency → Community Currencies, In, Several Studies, South Wales, Spice, Spice Timebank, Time Credits, UK, Wales Institute
related to 19th century · 7
Time-based currency → American, European, Josiah Warren, May, The, The Cincinnati Time Store, Time-based
Base unit · 1
Time-based currency → Hours
Date of introduction · 1
Time-based currency → 19th century
Nickname · 1
Time-based currency → Timebanking
Symbol · 1
Time-based currency → Time Dollar‎
User(s) · 1
Time-based currency → Global
is a · 1
Time-based currency → alternative currency or exchange system where the unit of account is the person-hour or some other time unit

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time community timebanking timebank social hour timebanks currency members credit services exchange one service also credits system time-based first national

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Time-based currencyBase unitHours1.00infobox
Time-based currencyDate of introduction19th century1.00infobox
Time-based currencyNicknameTimebanking1.00infobox
Time-based currencySymbolTime Dollar‎1.00infobox
Time-based currencyUser(s)Global1.00infobox
Time-based currencyis aalternative currency or exchange system where the unit of account is the person-hour or some other time unit0.90text
seen todayinstance ofMizushima had already foreseen the emerging problems of an ageing society0.80text
mentoring childreninstance ofTimebanking is primarily used to provide incentives and rewards for work0.80text
caring for the elderlyinstance ofTimebanking is primarily used to provide incentives and rewards for work0.80text
being neighborlyinstance ofTimebanking is primarily used to provide incentives and rewards for work0.80text
Time-based currencyrelated to 19th centuryTime-based0.60section
Time-based currencyrelated to 19th centuryThe Cincinnati Time Store0.60section

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