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    kiwanja wrote a new post, Book Review: The Local Economy Solution 1 year ago

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    MoE contributor Moriah Lee reads Michael H. Shuman’s The Local Economy Solution.
    What does it mean for a town to be stable economically? Why do we care as consumers where we get our beef, our jewellery, our […]

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    kiwanja wrote a new post, Calgary dollars: What the buck? 1 year ago

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    How did you first hear about the concept of a community currency? Denise Hearn writes.
    After playing a local music show 6 years ago, I was handed something akin to monopoly money – 25 Calgary Dollars. “Great,” […]

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    kiwanja wrote a new post, How ‘piggy bank’ got its name, and announcing Global Money Week 1 year ago

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    Were money to ever become entirely digital, would the piggy bank makers go out of business? 
    Piggy banks: discuss. When I was little, I remember putting pennies into my grandmother’s bright orange piggy bank, […]

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    kiwanja wrote a new post, Would you win at Smart Money Maker? 1 year ago

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    Most of us are familiar with the rules of Monopoly, but what about a game that incorporates ideas taken from the new economy, such as car sharing or crowdfunding? A Kickstarter project, the ‘Smart Money Maker’, […]

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    kiwanja created the link City's historic railway station is latest outlet to join local currency initiative 5 years, 8 months ago

    The Bristol Pound, the UK’s first city-wide […]

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    kiwanja created the link New Book: Doors of Perception 5 years, 8 months ago

    How communities the world over are creating […]

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    kiwanja created the link MoneyLab Reader: An Intervention in Digital Economy 5 years, 8 months ago

    In digital economies, what works and what […]

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    kiwanja created the link The truth about the death of cash 5 years, 8 months ago

    Will cash disappear? Many technology […]

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    kiwanja created the link UK’s first ‘share shop’ opens for business 5 years, 9 months ago

    A new kind of shop is aiming to transform […]

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    kiwanja created the link The parallel economic revolution in Greece 5 years, 9 months ago

    As their economy and national currency get […]

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    kiwanja wrote a new post, Internship opportunity at Means of Exchange 5 years, 9 months ago

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    Are you interested in technology, community, the sharing economy and how we might promote better understanding and economic co-operation among neighbours, communities and neighbourhoods? If so, Means of […]

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    kiwanja created the link Could Bitcoin save Greece and provide a real alternative to traditional banks? 5 years, 9 months ago

    You can buy things with it, pay bills and […]

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    kiwanja created the link 10 things you should know about the crisis in Greece 5 years, 9 months ago

    Things you need to know now as Greece […]

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    kiwanja created the link The innovators: the Bristol pound is giving sterling a run for its money | Business | The Guardian 5 years, 10 months ago

    The success of the Bristol pound, with the […]

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    kiwanja created the link How Fintech Can Disrupt Africa’s Cash-Based Economy 5 years, 10 months ago

    Africa is financially evolving fast without […]

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    kiwanja created the link The Greek Crisis 5 years, 10 months ago

    Useful website pulling together articles […]

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    kiwanja created the link Denmark moves step closer to being a cashless country 5 years, 11 months ago

    The Danish government proposes getting rid […]

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    kiwanja created the link Kenya: Solar Panels for Trees? Kenya Barters to Rebuild Its Forests 5 years, 11 months ago

    In an effort to reverse tree losses in the […]

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    Ken Banks created the link The conflict at the heart of modern money 5 years, 11 months ago

    Turning money into a positive force for […]

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    Ken Banks created the link A Native American Tribe Hopes Digital Currency Boosts Its Sovereignty 7 years, 1 month ago

    Members of the Oglala Lakota Nation have […]

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