Ithaca Hours

an alternative Money system, a Local Currency created in Ithaca Ny

• an extension of a LETS? Local Exchange Trading System - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LETS

  • http://www.gburnett.unisonplus.net/page9.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithaca_Hours

started in 1991 by Paul Glover

• summary of his thoughts on Central Bank Money control

trading list http://www.ithacanews.org/pl/tradelist.cgi?which=offer

http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC41/Glover.htm

Paul Glover reply to Mark Wallace/Harpers Magazine article

summary cartoon http://ithacahours.com/weprint.jpg

http://www.ithacahours.com/

When I looked at the website, it was used by

• services: massage, computer tech, etc.
• products: typically only allowed to use for 10-20% of purchase, having to use "real" dollars for the rest