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CES Tutorial

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Created by Les Squires Jan 15, 2009 at 8:54pm. Last updated by Les Squires Feb 20.

CES Tutorial Table of Contents

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Created by Les Squires Feb 9, 2009 at 11:32pm. Last updated by Les Squires Feb 18.

Notes Home

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Created by Tim Jenkin Jun 5, 2008 at 7:26am. Last updated by Tim Jenkin Nov. 24, 2008.

Questions & Answers

The following are some of the most frequently asked questions about the Community Exchange System (CES). If you do not find the answers to your questions here, write t

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Created by Tim Jenkin Oct 8, 2008 at 1:24pm. Last updated by Tim Jenkin Oct. 8, 2008.

Why we need a new money

Why invent a new money when our official monies seem to do the job?

Read the headlines: "World markets crash", "credit crunch", "bank bailout", "forec

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Created by Tim Jenkin Oct 8, 2008 at 12:43pm. Last updated by Tim Jenkin Oct. 8, 2008.

The problems with conventional money

• It is partisan
  Money as we know it is not a neutral service provided by our governments. Our money supply is created by private financial institutions (banks) on a for-p

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Created by Tim Jenkin Oct 8, 2008 at 1:22pm. Last updated by Tim Jenkin Oct. 8, 2008.

What is the CES?

The Community Exchange System (CES) is a community-based, global trading network using a money other than our familiar national ones — an alternative, parallel, local,

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Created by Tim Jenkin Oct 8, 2008 at 12:14pm. Last updated by Tim Jenkin Oct. 8, 2008.

Advantages of using the CES

Here are some of the advantages of the using the Community Exchange System

• It provides another stream of income
• It bridges the 'mon

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Created by Tim Jenkin Oct 8, 2008 at 1:21pm. Last updated by Tim Jenkin Oct. 8, 2008.

An example of a trade

Requirement: Your car needs an oil change.

Step 1: You either look through the Offerings List or do a search to see if anyone is o

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Created by Tim Jenkin Oct 8, 2008 at 12:16pm. Last updated by Tim Jenkin Oct. 8, 2008.

How does the CES work?

The object of the Community Exchange System (CES) is to facilitate trade without using our conventional national currencies, and build a sense of comm

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Created by Tim Jenkin Oct 8, 2008 at 12:15pm. Last updated by Tim Jenkin Oct. 8, 2008.