North Carolina town prints its own currency

I have no idea what implications this might have for the church (if any) but I thought it was interesting that a town (which is much larger than a church) would and could create a sort of fundamental change in something as large as the "economy" and "buying habits".

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/9/north_carolina_town_prints_own_currency

I get the feeling that if a town can create institutional change such as this, then surly people within a church can change their church's institutional structure...

The Economy according to Mint

The Economy according to Mint

Whelp, the conclusion they come up with is:
"Is it Great Depression bad? That’s a qualitative question I can’t answer. But what the data, the hard facts, mean for you – if you run a consumer business – is that your customers are spending $400 less each month than they were a year ago, have burned through half of their savings, and on average have taken on an additional $5k in debt."