2015
DOI: 10.4000/regulation.11463
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Le WIR en Suisse : la révolte du puissant ?

Abstract: La monnaie WIR existe en Suisse depuis 1934. Née dans un contexte de crise économique et monétaire, elle est parvenue à résister aux changements économiques et sociaux et à se développer. Utilisée aujourd’hui par plus de 60 000 entreprises en Suisse, son succès renvoie à un modèle économique et social cohérent que véhicule cette monnaie particulière. Cet article cherche à comprendre les raisons de cette force, et à les mettre en relation avec le système monétaire suisse officiel. Nous nous interrogeons en part… Show more

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“…Created in 1934 during the great recession, the WIR currency in Switzerland is the oldest interenterprise currency in the world. It is issued and controlled by the WIR bank, a cooperative organization, and 60,000 businesses (including 50,000 SMEs) were part of the network in 2013 and exchanged WIR for a total of 1.43 billion Swiss francs (Vallet, 2015). The currency is issued when businesses decide to trade: the credits and debits are created at the same time.…”
Section: The Diversity Of Cc: a Non-exhaustive Overviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Created in 1934 during the great recession, the WIR currency in Switzerland is the oldest interenterprise currency in the world. It is issued and controlled by the WIR bank, a cooperative organization, and 60,000 businesses (including 50,000 SMEs) were part of the network in 2013 and exchanged WIR for a total of 1.43 billion Swiss francs (Vallet, 2015). The currency is issued when businesses decide to trade: the credits and debits are created at the same time.…”
Section: The Diversity Of Cc: a Non-exhaustive Overviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Indeed, in 1998, the WIR Bank transformed as a bank and now proposes different financial products, such as savings and credits in both WIR currency and Swiss francs. To cover operational costs, WIR Bank ask 1 to 3 percent of the transaction amounts (Vallet, 2015). The headquarter of WIR Bank is present in Basel, but the system is developed in the whole country with six branches and agencies in other cities.…”
Section: The Diversity Of Cc: a Non-exhaustive Overviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…L'effet de l'accélération de la vitesse de circulation d'une monnaie engendre un accroissement du volume de moyens de paiement disponible ; avec l'effet sur l'économie dite « réelle » consécutif. (Vallet, 2015) ou les nouvelles monnaies de ce type en Italie, dont en 2010 la première a été le Sardex (Amato, 2016). Et quand il s'agit d'une simple acquisition au pair de monnaies complémentaires contre la monnaie centrale 17 , il y a a priori simple substitution d'une monnaie à l'autre, mais pas de pouvoir d'acquisition additionnelle qui serait fondé sur une dette réciproque reconnue des membres grâce à une monnaie créée ex nihilo.…”
Section: Revue Interventions éConomiques 59 | 2018unclassified
“…Created in 1934 during the great recession, the WIR currency in Switzerland is the oldest inter-enterprise currency in the world. It is issued and controlled by the WIR Bank, a cooperative organization, and 60,000 businesses (including 50,000 SMEs) were part of the network in 2013 and exchanged WIR for a total of 1.43 billion Swiss francs (Vallet 2015). The currency is issued when businesses decide to trade: the credits and debits are created at the same time.…”
Section: The Diversity Of Cc: a Non-exhaustive Overviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Indeed, in 1998, the WIR Bank transformed as a bank and now proposes different financial products, such as savings and credits in both WIR currency and Swiss francs. To cover operational costs, WIR Bank ask 1-3% of the transaction amounts (Vallet 2015). The headquarter of WIR Bank is present in Basel, but the system is developed in the whole country with six branches and agencies in other cities.…”
Section: The Diversity Of Cc: a Non-exhaustive Overviewmentioning
confidence: 99%