Virtual currency as an inclusive monetary innovation for the unbanked poor
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Highlights：
• Needs for the unbanked poor can be met when disadvantages of money are addressed.
• Examines the Edinburgh LETS case for trading among members with digital currency.
• A quantity, quality and public authority deficit hypothesis is proposed.
• The methodology is qualitative interviews of LETS members for evidence on the hypothesis.
• A new neocommodity theory of money is proposed.
摘要
•Needs for the unbanked poor can be met when disadvantages of money are addressed.•Examines the Edinburgh LETS case for trading among members with digital currency.•A quantity, quality and public authority deficit hypothesis is proposed.•The methodology is qualitative interviews of LETS members for evidence on the hypothesis.•A new neocommodity theory of money is proposed.
论文关键词：Digital money,Edinburgh local exchange trading scheme,Future of money,Materiality of money,Neocommodity theory of money,Quantity, quality and public authority deficit hypothesis,Technological properties of money,Public authority deficit,Unbanked poor,Virtual currencies
论文评审过程：Received 11 January 2018, Revised 12 January 2018, Accepted 12 January 2018, Available online 2 February 2018, Version of Record 2 February 2018.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2018.01.004
