Local Money by Peter North

Local Money by Peter North

In past recessions and depressions across the world, communities have reclaimed the power that the bankers hold by creating their own forms of money and Local Money shows how this is possible. This book is an inspiring guide that helps you understand what money is and how you can create money that stays in the community, building loyalty between consumers and local traders rather than losing wealth to corporate chain stores. It explains how alternative currencies can work with local banks and credit unions to strengthen the local economy, supporting the local production of necessities such as food and energy while helping to reduce the community's carbon emissions. The book draws on the long history of local currencies, from Local Exchange Trading Schemes and time banks to paper currencies such as BerkShares, Ithaca Hours, and German regional currencies, which circulate between local businesses as an alternative to their losing trade to the big-box retailers. The story culminates in the development of the first Transition currencies, the Totnes, Lewes, Stroud, and Brixton Pounds.

Peter North, Former Door Tenant, Essex Court, Former Law Commissioner, and Former Principal of Jesus College and Vice Chancellor, University of Oxford

Sir Peter North, Formerly Principal of Jesus College, University of Oxford, is the Editor of Cheshire North & Fawcett: Private International Law (OUP, 2008), author of Essays in Private International Law (1993 OUP) and of Civil Liability for Animals (OUP 2012) and an internationally renowned legal
scholar.

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ISBN 13	9781900322522
ISBN 10	1900322528
Title	Local Money
Author	Peter North
Series	The Local Series
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Green Books
Year published	2010-06-03
Number of pages	240
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