China too is moving to the next level by developing its own indigenous venture capital community, its own local currency funds and its own stock exchanges.
Some community members dismiss the idea of a local currency, arguing that it won't have much of an impact in a global economy.
The international community fears the fall in the yen may spark a currency war.
The bank model focuses on the establishment of a local social currency pegged to the Brazilian Real, encouraging community members to spend within Conjunto Palmeira.
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Franco-German reconciliation lies at the heart of the European project, from the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 to the launch of the single European currency in 1999.
And businesses, in turn, use local currency as a way to promote their connection to the community and build loyalty.
Indeed once these offerings take off within the Facebook community it has the potential to turn Credits into a bona fide currency.
The Japanese authorities seethe quietly over the North Korean agents who roam around Japan, collecting hard currency as well as intelligence from sympathisers among the ethnic-Korean community.
The international community wants the eurozone to demonstrate what - in the final analysis - stands behind the single currency.
The international community has been talking to the Chinese for more than a half decade about ending their predatory currency policies.
For those people in Argentina that want to bypass currency controls and also shelter their money from government-induced inflation, this Buenos Aires exchange community claims to buy and sell bitcoin for Argentine pesos.
But after LETS was created, the currency was used by participating employers to hire the unemployed to produce the many goods and services the community needed.
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