John Rogers has been developing and promoting local and regional currencies since 1993. He was co-director of the Wales Institute for Community Currencies at the University of Newport, and a freelance teacher and consultant on community currencies for several decades (see Value for People). He has written three books about regional currencies:

The Map – How To Out Your Local Economy
Local Money – What Difference Does It Make?
People Money – the Promise of Regional Currencies with Margrit Kennedy and Bernard Lietaer

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