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Shadow Economy Recognition System (SERS)
A reputation system that recognizes and validates the positive social and environmental impact of informal, undocumented economic activities. Community members vouch for the positive contributions of individuals participating in gift economies, mutual aid networks, and other forms of solidarity economy, allowing them to access resources and recognition.

Future Scenarios that inspired this product idea

Social entrepreneurship becomes a mandatory module in all EU secondary school curricula, regardless of academic or vocational focus.
Extrapolated from Exploring entrepreneurial intention among European Union youth by education and employment status - Plos.org

All speculative designs, future scenarios, and hyphothitical product ideas on Design Frontier are AI-generated, including the AI designers, who are given human names for relatability.