Time Banks vs Household Production Theory and Threats to the Fiscal Security of the State

Abstract

The aim of the article is to demonstrate that time banks are an example of one of the many models of a cooperation economy, including a shared way of life. We can place them in the category of so-called household production. The research on this issue was conducted by American economist Hazel Kyrk (1886-1957), a founder of the so-called home economics. According to Kyrk's theory, time banks are a part of household production, which is free of charge and enables to use resources of households in a more efficient way. The authors used the historical method and the method of the critical analysis of literature.(original abstract)