In times like these it is easy to focus on what we don't have and can't afford. Yet both individually and collectively we have more assets than we give ourselves credit for.
Picture alternative economists and complementary currency advocates talking about reinventing money, issues of governance and intertrading of alternative currencies.
Is altruism essentially a by-product of monotony, and can we attach monetary value to a smile?
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