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Turkey Introduces Barter Legislation to Regulate Growth

According to Todays Zaman, Turkey is looking to introduce some legislation aimed at assisting the barter industry in self-regulation. Since barter was introduced in Turkey in 1996, the industry has seen an explosive growth in the country, now topping 40 specialized barter exchanges. According to one source, the Turkish barter sector is growing faster than […]

The New Feel of Barter

In my journey to find barter related news, I ran across a lengthy story about backyard chickens and the culture that is forming around the idea of home-production. The article, written by a lawyer who raises his own chickens, describes how the new urban elite want to be self-sufficient, independent, and less tied to the […]

Age Old Question: Why Barter?

Bartering is a medium in which goods or services are exchanged for other goods and/or services without use of money. Bartering has grown in popularity today with consumers and businesses realizing that it’s a very creative way to lower expenses. It certainly isn’t something new; bartering has been around for a very long time. It’s […]