--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" <yifux...@...> wrote: > > > Nope...not going to happen. Look to DUNE and other Sci Fi sources (such as > some of the Star Treks); to observe various economic models of those on the > futuristic earth and other planets. Even in the most austere of conditions, > barter economies will remain (being a "primitive" type of capitalism). Today > in the US, barter arrangements are more popular than ever, some groups even > sanctioned by banks. The exchanges involved trading time (donate your hours > of expertise to the group in exchange for time credits that you can draw upon > for the skills of other members). > The most advanced system of economics is (of course) in the Feringi planet; > all ardent capitalists and skilled traders.
You are right. And bartering does not rape nations or cultures, it simply fulfills a need of peoples without the need for money.
