The Towns That Invent Their Own Money
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The Towns That Invent Their Own Money
In 1932 the small Austrian town of Wörgl was buckling under the weight of the Great Depression, with crumbling infrastructure, rising unemployment and ballooning debt. But within just a year, all that changed: Local unemployment dropped by 25 percent despite rising by 19 percent in the rest of Austria and tax revenue skyrocketed, fueling extensive municipal investment in road repair, a new bridge and even a ski jump — a transformation that is st…
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