What anyone wants, rather than what they need, will always be priced on the basis of what the ‘giver’ and get and what the ‘taker’ can afford. The purpose of creating a non-monetary Local Exchange is to bring order to the transactions between people that involve the production and provision of the basic foods and … Continue reading The Basic Principles of Non-Monetary Exchange
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The transition from the Global FIAT Money Economy to The Localised True Economy ‘Exchange’
When the money that we have and use has lost its perceived value – as it is almost certain that it now will, the most orderly transition we could have to The True Economy and our new ‘post Top-Down world’ will not be possible until we leave the money and currencies we have behind and … Continue reading The transition from the Global FIAT Money Economy to The Localised True Economy ‘Exchange’
Local Markets and Online Bartering Exchanges
Fortunately, we have moved into an age where it will be incredibly easy to develop easy to use exchange or system of exchanges that can operate or be restricted to geographically defined areas. Every member of a community will be able to exchange the goods they have, or the labour, skills and experience they can … Continue reading Local Markets and Online Bartering Exchanges
Bartering and Exchanging of what we actually have for what we actually need
The point has regrettably long since been missed that the real function of money was to make bartering or the exchange of goods or labour much easier. For instance, when there was no money: if a fisherman had fish spare but wanted his horses saddle repaired, he might have to exchange the fish for bread … Continue reading Bartering and Exchanging of what we actually have for what we actually need
Bartering, Exchange and using money in the right way
Money is a unit of exchange that doesn’t hold any value of its own. However, we have been conditioned to think that it is the money itself and not the goods or services that we use money to exchange with that have no value until such time as they are bought or sold. This way … Continue reading Bartering, Exchange and using money in the right way
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