Local currencies, community currencies are useful when money is short

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When currencies are in short supply, or when local communities want to ensure there is more resilience, someone often starts a community currency. Some survive, others don’t. One of the best was the Wōrgl shilling which was so successful it challenged the banks and they pressured the central bank to ban it. Here is a list of various currencies, many of which are still in use:

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Proposed new local spending currency can only work with a full land rent

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Council owned land Manukau. The other property owners get unearned capital gains from rise in land value.

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Councils should have power to create rates vouchers

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Councils should have the power to create rates vouchers

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