Local currencies have been introduced in thousands of communities around the world in response to the economic crisis because they offer an alternative to money as a way of meeting important human needs. Community leaders can mobilize assets using complementary currencies to address social and...

The international monetary system is structurally instable. Furthermore, all official currencies in the world today are created through bank debt, and therefore automatically involve interest. A systemic way to improve stability would be to diversify the types of currencies and the agents who...