Lampeter in Wales is to have its own currency. Maybe that’s not such a bad idea when super currencies like sterling and the dollar are struggling – but can it work? It’s been tried before: The Black Ox pound had a good run at the end of the 19th Century and Totnes in Devon currently has it’s own Totnes pound: Fiona Clampin has been checking out how it’s working:
Guests; Economist ,Justin Urquhart Stewart and ‘Transition Towns’ spokesman Peter Seggers:
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