Equal time, equal value: Community currencies and time banking in the US

Equal Time, Equal Value: Community Currencies and Time Banking in the US

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-208

  Collom, Ed ^a   Lasker, Judith N ^b   Kyriacou, Corinne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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