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Local, Alternative Currencies Find New Life in D.C. Area

These systems are flourishing because the unemployed can either trade skills for local currency or swap their time for other services.

These systems are flourishing because the unemployed can either trade skills for local currency or swap their time for other services.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.