Local Currency Research Notes

Village Currency Project

Exchange mechanisms between small and large economies, worked from theory through to a runnable, interactive village-currency model.

Working paper

Currency Junctions Between Small and Large Economies

The theory and historical mechanisms (gold standard, CFA franc, WIR Bank, Chiemgauer, Wörgl), ending in the model specified in §5.

Book summary

Economic Adjustment and Exchange Rates in Developing Countries

Edwards & Ahamed (1986) — the NBER volume the working paper builds on.

Simulation results

Testing the Village Model: Three Hypotheses, Run

Charts from executing §5's Algorithm 1 against its own three hypotheses — data served live from the sim container.

Interactive

Village Currency Simulator

Sliders and switches for every model parameter, with live reserve, exchange-rate, money-supply and velocity charts.

Interactive · live plumbing view

Village Money Works

The same model played out day by day as a water system — a pond of village money, a reservoir at the junction, and a sluice gate that throttles outflow under pressure instead of letting the reservoir run dry.