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Local Currencies
Elisabeth Eaves
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5-15-2008 1:46 PM
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Elisabeth Eaves
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I first heard about local currencies when I was researching a story on modern-day utopians (
www.forbes.com/utopia
). They didn't seem to make much sense. So it's refreshing to see economist Tim Harford debunk the idea on Slate.
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