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Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
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Certainly makes it easier. But there are organisations like this: Home - IRTA — International Reciprocal Trade AssociationThere were Polynesian islanders who did use shells. But, no, bartering doesn't work in the long run and over the long course of trade. That's why systems of currency were invented across so many cultures.
And this: Could bartering become the new buying in a changed world?
'The increase in bartering is nowhere better exemplified than in Fiji, which inspired Dunne’s London group. The country has a long tradition of barter, known as ‘veisa’. It’s only grown amid Covid-19, and Fijians have harnessed modern technology to connect even more people.
“I knew that money would be tight to stretch out and even harder to come by. I asked myself what happens when there’s no more money? Barter was a natural solution to that,” says Marlene Dutta, who started the Barter for a Better Fiji group on 21 April. Its membership is just under 190,000 – more than 20% of Fiji’s population. Items changing hands have run the gamut – pigs for kayaks, a violin for a leather satchel and doughnuts for building bricks – but the most commonly requested items have been groceries and food.'
I'm retired now so I have time to pursue one hobby, which is making (ahem) certain types of beverage. And I've used bottles of that for getting some gardening done, some plumbing and I have a regular exchange with someone who brews their own beer. One bottle of mine for a case of his. I'm going to try out my wife's hairdresser next...
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