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