I received word from Ron Whitney of IRTA recently that the article I reported on in the Examiner, the article reporting an attack on barter currencies, was not factually correct by any means. From Ron: Tyler: The slant of Mr. Shortgen’s article in the Examiner.com is incorrect. First, you need to read the revised article [...]
From examiner.com: The Federal government is trying to establish bartering private currency of any type as an illegal enterprise in a false interpretation of the court’s recent conviction of Liberty Dollar’s owner Bernard Von NotHaus. In a case where the government used conspiracy and counterfeit charges against NotHaus to establish that he intended to mint [...]
In the wake of the economic crisis in Greece that almost took down the EU’s currency system, Greeks are turning to barter and barter minded ideas to keep things flowing for themselves. The link below goes to a BBC report on barter in Greece. They disabled embedding or I’d just let you watch it here. [...]
The Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts has declared that barter trade and non-cash transactions should be banned as a form of payment at Government hospitals, saying this was prejudicing the country of much needed revenue. Effects of this declaration are likely to be felt in rural areas where patients sometimes find it hard to access [...]
UC set an all-time record for trading in the month of August with $582,486 in trading! Much of the credit goes to UC’s new International Broker, Patty Weston. Patty is an outgoing, experienced barter broker who has energized the UC system. Great job Patty! To contact Patty, call 321-397-2050 or email her at patty@irta.com Patty [...]
Once in a while you come across a great representation of the truth that isn’t pretentious, isn’t difficult to understand, and that presents the subject in a way that is crystal clear. This probably – 70′s era cartoon is one of those for the barter industry. Check it out. Remember…it all started with barter.
I read an article on the history of barter which included a list of ancient barter problems including: Barter has many difficulties which are briefly described below: 1. Lack of Double Coincidence of Wants: In order for act of barter to take place, it is necessary that the persons with matching requirements are brought together. [...]
(PRWEB) April 21, 2010 — A first nation’s tribe in Canada, the Soto Nation, announces the initiation of their privately issued currency and first official barter trading medallion. An official statement was issued by Grand Hereditary Chief Kitchi-Ostew-Kaneekanagoshick-Okimow-Wacon-Kaneekaneet: “I am proud to announce the release of our first voluntary trading medallion, the Soto Peeashe. This [...]
A report by Krause Publications indicates that the national economy of Myanmar is returning to a primitive and/or scrip based economy, mostly due to the poor value of the national currency.
As seen on Unexia.com: The barter system of trading work for a value is a great way to get what you need without money getting in the way. If you don’t have enough money to purchase something from a service professional like internet marketers, lawyers, accountants or any other person – try bringing up barter [...]
