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Local currency is often proposed as a way to revitalize local economies, insulate them from global market forces, and re-create community. There are at present thousands of them around the world. So what's the catch? (more)

If there ever was a father of local currency it would be Paul Glover. In 1991 He started a local currency in Ithaca N.Y. called Ithaca Hours. It is the largest and longest running complementary currency in the country.  (more)