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Ithaca Hours

The Ithaca HOUR was a local currency used in Ithaca, New York. It's no longer in active circulation. It was one of the longest-running local currency systems, having operated from 1991 into the 2010s, and inspired other similar systems in Madison, Wisconsin; Santa Barbara, California; Corvallis, Oregon; and a proposed system in the Lehigh Valley…

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Central bank
Ithaca Hours, Inc
Date of introduction
November 1991
Date of withdrawal
Effectively discontinued in the 2010s
Pegged with
1 hour = US$10
Plural
hours
User(s)
Ithaca, New York, United States (formerly)

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The currency

Origin

Management and philosophy

Economic development

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Ithaca Hours

Nodes33
Edges32
Triples60
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.060606
Components1

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Ithaca Hours

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related to Management and philosophy · 18
Ithaca Hours → Barter Potluck, Board, Directors, Glover, Hobbesian, In, In May, Inc, Ithaca Community News, Ithaca Health Alliance, Ithaca Health Fund, Ithaca HOUR, Last, March, October, The, There's, Thus
related to Origin · 14
Ithaca Hours → After Ithaca HOURS, America, British, Glover, Great Depression, Hour, Josiah Warren's, November, Owen's Hours, Paul Glover, Robert Owen, The, Time Store, While
related to Economic development · 7
Ithaca Hours → Alternatives Federal Credit Union, Businesses, Cayuga Medical Center, HOURS, One, Several, While
related to External links · 7
Ithaca Hours → Archived, History, Local CurrenciesCommunity Currency Online, Magazine, Official Ithaca Hours Website, Schumacher Society Local Currency, Wayback MachinePaul Glover's WebsiteE
related to The currency · 6
Ithaca Hours → AFCU, Alternatives Federal Credit Union, Each, HOURS, In, Steve Burke
.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} Freq. used · 1
Ithaca Hours → .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .de…
Central bank · 1
Ithaca Hours → Ithaca Hours, Inc
Date of introduction · 1
Ithaca Hours → November 1991
Date of withdrawal · 1
Ithaca Hours → Effectively discontinued in the 2010s
Pegged with · 1
Ithaca Hours → 1 hour = US$10

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hours ithaca glover local hour first currency 1991 system one used businesses accept board new york 10 notes october economic

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Ithaca HoursCentral bankIthaca Hours, Inc1.00infobox
Ithaca HoursDate of introductionNovember 19911.00infobox
Ithaca HoursDate of withdrawalEffectively discontinued in the 2010s1.00infobox
Ithaca HoursPegged with1 hour = US$101.00infobox
Ithaca HoursPluralhours1.00infobox
Ithaca HoursUser(s)Ithaca, New York, United States (formerly)1.00infobox
Ithaca Hourspart ofthat cosmos0.85text
Ithaca Hoursrelated to Economic developmentSeveral0.60section
Ithaca Hoursrelated to Economic developmentHOURS0.60section
Ithaca Hoursrelated to Economic developmentCayuga Medical Center0.60section
Ithaca Hoursrelated to Economic developmentAlternatives Federal Credit Union0.60section

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