In the 19th century the British island of Guernsey carried out an experiment in creating and distributing its own local currency to support local projects without going to the usurious banking system for funding. This is the story in a collection of short books and pamphlets about it and an audio recording.
Some notes and highlights, by-page, and thoughts on relevance to today's situation.
People and governments will not sacrifice freedom or justice for the sake of peace;
Unfortunately since 9/11 especially, this has not proved to be the case....