[cc_research] Crisis and CCs

[Jérôme Blanc]

Hi all,

Given the deepening crisis (in banking, finance and the basic economy) 
in the US as well as in other western countries, I wondered if there 
were signs of rise of CCs schemes ?
Are Ithaca Hour-like systems spreading all over the US ? or the number 
of users suddenly rising ?
Are time banking developing more than before ?
Are LETS awakening ?
and so on...

Recent history gives us an evidence of a boom of CCs, related with the 
collapse of the country, soon followed by a collapse of CCs after they 
failed providing  people with what they needed : Argentina, 2002. What 
about western countries ?