Alternatives Federal Credit Union member
Jonathan Kline is the owner of Black Ash
Baskets, a local business. Ithaca, New York,
1999. Photo © Bill Burke
"You might weave baskets and I
might make tattoos. I want one of
your baskets, but if you don't want a
tattoo, then I can't get my basket.
But I can get my basket from you if
I give you an Ithaca Hour and you
go talk to Susie who gives massages,
which you want, so you give her the
Ithaca Hour and Susie talks to Jorge
who gives piano lessons because
that's what she wants, and Jorge
wants a tattoo, so he's going to
come to me. It's that barter system
which creates community."
Ithaca Mayor Alan J. Cohen describes how
their local currency, the Ithaca Hour, works.
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