80. A local pound for local people
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This week, we\'re talking urban economics \\u2013 or why people who support the Bristol Pound might as well be voting for Donald Trump.
I\'m joined, via a mildly crackly Skype connection, by Paul Swinney, mackem and head of policy at the Centre for Cities. He explains why local currencies like the Brixton Pound, which have been popping up of late, are basically just protectionism \\u2013 and why the Preston Model of local procurement is no better.
From that we move on to what cities actually need to do to boost their economies \\u2013 and why so much of it comes down to skills.
Skylines is the podcast from the New Statesman\\u2019s cities site, CityMetric. It\\u2019s hosted by Jonn Elledge.
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