Complementary currency

Mayor Wayne Fournier of Tenino, Washington, displays $25 in wooden money. The city recently revived a Depression-era economic recovery tactic: printing its own local currency on planks of wood. Photographer: Jason Redmons/AFP via Getty Images
Global Economy

Short on money, cities around the world try making their own

Fans of “complementary currency” are betting that this Depression-era idea for keeping towns alive by printing local money can prove its worth as pandemic relief