stackyFACTSWhy let huge outside companies extract your community funds? A small town literally invented its own brightly colored paper bills that are only accepted locally, forcibly guaranteeing that community funds continuously bounce between local neighbors forever.
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Austrian town officials in Wörgl printed their own localized currency in 1932 that was designed to lose one percent of its value every month, forcing…
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When the federal reserve isn't doing it for you, just fire up the local printer. Places like Ithaca, New York introduced community-based cash systems to trap…
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Japanese communities invented a localized currency called fureai kippu that is earned entirely by volunteering to care for elderly citizens. You can save up…
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When you use your own tools, you treat them with reverence. When you borrow your neighbor’s expensive mower, your brain immediately recognizes that any…
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When the Banqiao Dam catastrophically failed in 1975, washing away entire Chinese towns and killing tens of thousands, the sheer horror of the event was…
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Even if you are vastly better than your roommate at both washing dishes and sweeping, you should still only do the one you are relatively fastest at. By…
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