Boyle, David.

Do-It-Yourself Money and the New Alchemists. / David Boyle. - Ecologist, 2001. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 24. Business, 1522-3191; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: Do-It-Yourself Money and the New Alchemists, March 2001; pp. 26-29.

"The forgotten history of money is about how people can create their own. It reached a head during the Depression, as communities struggled with the problem that they had lots of work that needed doing, lots of people desperate to do it--but no money to bring the two together. Ambitious local currencies sprung up in places like Worgl in Austria, and all over the USA, inspired by the Argentinean trader Silvio Gesell, who had urged the world to discourage hoarding with 'negative interest rate' currencies." (ECOLOGIST) This article examines the root of worldwide local currencies.

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Barter.
Local currency.
Money--Europe.

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