When It Comes to Cash, A Thai Village Says, 'Baht, Humbug!'

Wall Street Journal
By JAMES HOOKWAY
Jan 7th, 2009

SANTI SUK, Thailand -- One way to beat the world's credit crisis: Start printing your own money.

The villagers of Santi Suk began creating their own cash here on the sun-bleached plains of northern Thailand following Asia's financial crisis a decade ago.