Barter vs Money Exchange
Discussions revolve around equating monetary transactions to bartering with extra steps, advocating direct trades of goods, services, or time without currency, and highlighting mutual benefits in all forms of exchange.
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is that not just bartering with more steps?
One can still build a relationship while exchanging money for goods and services.
Its not only about what I can produce but what you can provide. Why would I give you money to trade for goods I own, seems like a losing proposition.
Everything is a currency, if you barter hard enough.
That article sounds more like bartering. "I'll make you a website in exchange for some lawn work"
You are bartering your time for a thing of value.There is literally no difference between that, and selling your time for money and then buying the thing of value. Well, the latter takes two transactions to accomplish the same thing
Just a friendly reminder: you can barter and trade.You don't have to use currency for everything.
Sure, we can do like in middle age and trade goods instead of money.
It's almost like mutually-beneficial exchange is the backbone of our economy or something!
They were just trading money for something else they valued greatly.