Small towns and cities across the country are cooking up their own colorful currencies to protect against a national economic collapse and boost local spending.
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A revolutionary idea to save local businesses and the economy. Listen to this show on www.nrisamay.com at 8 AM PT, 11 AM ET, 9:30 PM IST on this Sunday, Nov ... 
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The Cherry Blossom,Plenty and Chiemgauer are just some of the names given to regional currencies that have seen a boom during the global financial crisis.The...
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Mayor Georg Moosbrugger from the Austrian village of Langenegg, which issues its own Talente currency, puts it best when he says: “Wherever the money rolls, there it has an effect. Local money doesn’t...
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Asia’s wealthy, anxious as many of their local currencies depreciate, are getting drawn to the resilience of the Australian dollar, says UBS Group, the world’s largest private bank.
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Rob Hopkins gives examples of local currencies in Brritain and how they are expanding community economies.
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Christopher Sunderland spoke at PINC.16 in the Netherlands on May 19 2015. he told the stpry of the Bristol Pound a local currency with which the people from ...
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In this article, our guest blogger Fabien tries to summarise the main features of local and virtual currency schemes and separate the artificial from the real innovations. -
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A local currency for the Devon city of Exeter comes into circulation in a bid to boost local trade.
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It's an almost long forgotten historical fact that most trade was undertaken by local based currencies right upto the 20th Century. Australia had a number of colonial currencies before federation in 1901.
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The Emergence Of Local Currencies And The Collapse Of The Dollar http://t.co/IjmUQ7lHFt
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Lewis, East Sussex, England, August 2008 1. Wide Shot Lewes and Castle 2. Medium shot Castle Gate 3. Close up archway 4. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Oliver ...
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"Back in the 1930s on the Olympic peninsula, people were paying their taxes in alternative money…The banks shut them down. This is an example of the ...
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The chiemgauer, a school currency project in southern Germany, is the envy of other currency schemes as shoppers opt for local cash to spend in local shops
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Local financial systems that put people and the environment at their heart are welcome, but can these new models be truly scaled, asks author John Boik
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India, Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa - five of the world's biggest emerging economies - could soon trade with each other mostly in their local currencies, under a plan their leaders will discuss next week that may hit the US dollar's...
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Argentina and Brazil have launched the Local Currency System, or SML, which was previously used in foreign trade transactions, to pay pensions, officials said.
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Mikhail Shlyapnikov, a farmer in the isolated Russian village of Kolionovo believes the answer to the woes of the cash-strapped Russian rural population is “kolions.”
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You won't find it in any currency exchange. In fact, you won't really find it outside one tiny Russian village. The 'kolion' is a currency invention that has got .
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The success of the Bristol pound – with the equivalent of £700,000 in circulation in the area – has put the spotlight on attempts to keep money in local economies
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Local Community Currency Money - Stephanie Mills - 2 of 2 Local Community Currency Money - Stephanie Mills - 2 of 2 Local Community Currency Money ...
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Local Community Currency Money - Stephanie Mills - 1 of 2 Local Community Currency Money - Stephanie Mills - 1 of 2 Local Community Currency Money ...
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Curious about how local currencies work? Check out this video on the @Brixtonpound! @REconomyProject @TransitionTowns http://t.co/96aUYN2e0N
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