Join the Bartering Economy to Increase Your Income in the Money Economy
Bartering existed long before the money economy developed. It was a way to exchange products or services you had for products or services from someone else.
The growth of bartering seems to be inversely related to the growth of the money economy. So as people earn more money, they have less interest in bartering, and vice versa. That’s why during the early 1980s recession, many bartering clubs emerged, so people with reduced funds or work could have more buying power.
The way these clubs work is that the members offer their services or products for points; then others use their own points to purchase those services and products. A person can accumulate negative points to some degree if they purchase more producers and services than they sell. But then they have to earn more positive points in order to continue to buy something. The ideal is attaining a balance between what people offer and what they get from others. It’s like another money system which you can use when you aren’t earning as much as you have earned in the past from the regular economy.
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Posted March 6th, 2009 in Professional Development By Keyboard Culture| No Comments »
