Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Rethinking Our Centralized Monetary System -- one Introduction -- two The Evolution of the U.S. Monetary and Banking System: An Overview -- three The Current Context and Objectives of Local Currency Issuance -- four Barter: Evolution into a Modern Economic Tool -- five Discount Scrip: Creating a Local Currency Pegged to the U. S. Dollar -- six Local Currency Not Pegged to the U. S. Dollar -- seven Legal Aspects of Local Currency -- eight Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.