Here are some quotable bits from No More Throw-Away People, the book by "the Time Bank guy" Edgar S. Cahn:

On what work is rewarded by the market:

If we accept the market definition of work, there are a few minor omissions worth noting. Work does not include: raising children, taking care of one's elder parents, keeping one's family functioning, ( Read more... )

I've been spending a lot of my attention on alternative currencies lately, driven by an interest in the Portland Timebank community and partners. I've been in some discussions lately about different directions the timebank might develop in, and some of these conversations have succeeded in challenging enough of my assumptions about economies that ( Read more... )