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Coronavirus is raising interest in city-specific currencies, which keep money on Main Street

"Think of local currency as the anti-Amazon gift card. It is money--typically paper--that is spendable in dozens or hundreds of businesses within a particular city or region. The aim is to keep dollars inside communities."

https://www.inc.com/leigh-buchanan/currency-berkshares-great-barrington-massachusetts-schumacher-center.html

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May 22, 2020

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Christoph B. Stamm. (2020). Coronavirus is raising interest in city-specific currencies, which keep money on Main Street. Praxis (consulted July 22, 2024), https://praxis.encommun.io/en/n/EspdncouwzavY8D7h11NMKQkxT4/.

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