Local currency as a means of alleviating the negative impact of the financial crisis on quality of life
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The financial crisis of 2008 has not only shaken the financial markets but also undermined basic pillars of developed globalized society. Some economists talk about a coming era of deglobalisation, others about „relocalisaton of economy“. Voices questioning the growth of GDP as a tool for solving socio-economic problems became more significant. Liquidity is shifted from the real economy to speculative sector of the financial markets, leading to inflation of the prices of financial assets and on the other hand, the lack of liquidity in the real economy leads to the strengthening importance of alternative means of exchange and to international and local spread of barter trade. There is a trend in development of local monetary systems with elements of regional protectionism. At the time of rapidly developing automation, government maintains employment only through the unproductive state sector financed by large government deficits. The unsustainably growing indebtedness in private, corporate and state level is obvious and apparently the future will bring significant changes in the economic, political and social setting of the society. The aim of the article is to describe the economic and social importance of local currencies in today's rapidly changing society.
Keywords: local currency; crisis, relocalisation
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