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*Here is a nice example of a local currency: http://brixtonpound.org/
*Here is a nice example of a local currency: http://brixtonpound.org/
*Possibly not relevant as they had no idea where the debt was that they were buying, but I really like this project where they bought debt at the kind of low prices banks do and wrote it off: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/23/hoe-street-central-bank-walthamstow-london-debt
Possibly not relevant as they had no idea where the debt was that they were buying, but I really like this project where they bought debt at the kind of low prices banks do and wrote it off: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/23/hoe-street-central-bank-walthamstow-london-debt
*I appreciate it's nothing new but would credit unions be relevant here? [[User:Emma Erwin|EmmaErwin]] ([[User talk:EmmaErwin|talk]]) 15:50, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
I appreciate it's nothing new but would credit unions be relevant here? [[User:Emma Erwin|EmmaErwin]] ([[User talk:EmmaErwin|talk]]) 15:50, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

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Question to Community of Practice

The information on financial practices and instruments that was found in the selected EU-funded projects was limited. Do you know of or have experience with examples of alternative financial practices or instruments? Karlijn Schipper (talk) 11:46, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Possibly not relevant as they had no idea where the debt was that they were buying, but I really like this project where they bought debt at the kind of low prices banks do and wrote it off: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/23/hoe-street-central-bank-walthamstow-london-debt I appreciate it's nothing new but would credit unions be relevant here? EmmaErwin (talk) 15:50, 22 November 2019 (UTC)