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American Trade System

ATS Introduction

 

WIR Cooperative 

 

WIR Construction Example

  

Research and Videos

 

 

Video Library

Link to: Research Documents

 

CLICK HERE            CCs        (03:14)

 

Introduction to Complementary Currency

 

"Creating Our Own Money"

CLICK HERE          CCs          (06:01)

 

Examples of Complementary Currency Applications

 

"Creating Our Own Money"

CLICK HERE           WIR       (04:18)

 

WIR Bank Cooperative trade system an economic circle

 

 

 

CLICK HERE          WIR         (08:03)      

 

TV Report on WIR Bank Coop trade system operations by

RAI Italian Television 

 

(English Subtitle)

CLICK HERE             WIR      (02:24)

 

WIR Bank Cooperative Promotional

 

(English Translation)

 

CLICK HERE          CCs          (05:47)

 

How It Works: Complementary Currency 

 

"Creating Our Own Money" 

CLICK HERE         Utah Act   (11:35)

 

Brief review of the proposed Utah Sound Money Act

  

      "Sound Money Rings True"

CLICK HERE           WIR        (07:01)

 (In German)

 

WIR Cooperative  WIR is a self-contained, credit and complementary currency trade system. Visit with WIR members in retail, hotel and real estate

CLICK HERE          WIR         (26:56)

 (In French)   

 

WIR is a viable parallel economy   The TV Network visits WIR members in retail shops, manufacturing, car dealers, construction and dairy farms

 

 

 

Other videos on complementary currencies etc. (CCs)

 

CLICK HERE                             (1:52)

 

Bernard Lietaer interview

Lietaer discusses the current crises and extent of problem and the use of CCs as potential solution.

 

CLICK HERE                          (18:46)

 

Bernard Lietaer - Why this Crisis? And What to Do about it!

Lietaer proposes structural changes using CCs as a solution. (Pertinent information starting at 12:40 minutes into the video to the end)

CLICK HERE                             (2:27)

 

This Town Prints Its Own Money!

Ithaca hours – timebanking concept – people in the community contribute their time to secure a time-denominated currency (1 hours, 1/2  hour, 1/4 hours etc) that can be used in local stores.

CLICK HERE                             (9:22)

 

Making Change Without Money

A 4 people panel examines the current economic crises and offers solutions based on the use of CCs. It also highlights the WIR System (06:50) and its effects on the Swiss economy. 

 

CLICK HERE                            (2:13)

 

American Response to the Great Depression

1000s of American communities issued local currencies, based on Gesell’s theory,  to bring the country out of the Depression

 

CLICK HERE                            (4:32)

 

Silvio Gesell

Illustrates Gesell’s theory of “free money” and its application in the Tyrolean town of Worgl during the Depression Years.

 

       

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