"Ozark Hours"

It's all well and good until you factor in the inflation of the products that the merchants have to ship into their stores from outside sources. If this new system that is being used all over the country is working so well...then how are they coping with raised prices on so many things?

The Ithaca hours that these are based on trade at face value (to help avoid inflation). This is simply another type of barter system to help keep local folks buying local products. They can be cashed in for dollars at several places within Ithaca at any time. The concept does work but you HAVE to get enough local businesses to buy in to make it viable...after all we have been using barter systems for thousands of years (still do-trading dollars for goods and services on the belief that dollars are "worth" the stated amount and goods priced accordingly)