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The Barcelona interviews: Free money, precariousness and alternative living

The Barcelona interviews: Free money, precariousness and alternative living

Published on February 7, 2013 in Blog with 1 Comment

Editor’s note: This is guest piece written by Becca Thomas. I’ve been thinking that something special may well come out of the Spain, Catalonia and the Basque Country, given the current economic conditions and thee deep routed alternative cultures that exist there . When I heard that Becca was in Barcelona I asked her to […]

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Have local currencies got it wrong?

Have local currencies got it wrong?

Published on July 25, 2012 in Blog, Finance with 38 Comments

Guest Post by Simon Carter who’s working with Transition in Tewkesbury                         Here in Tewkesbury I am very keen to introduce an alternative currency, but upon reflection I have no desire to name it the Tewkesbury Pound in the tradition of the Totnes Pound, the Stroud, Lewes or Brixton Pound & very soon now the Bristol […]

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