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Greece's new currency
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willvarfar
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The Wörgl experiment shows how effective these alternative currencies can be:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%B6rgl#The_W.C3.B6rgl_Exper...
gee_totes
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Also, the United States went through a period of scrip currency during the Great Depression (though it wasn't quite a 'Miracle Experiment'). See the second image down for an example:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/small_exhibition.c...
gee_totes
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Does anyone have more information on Tems? I read about this yesterday on the Guardian (
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/16/greece-on-breadl...
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I'm wondering how inflation would play out in Tems.
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