On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:09:00 -0600 Merrill Oveson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Dallin Jones <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Actually it's how any economy works, no matter what you label it, > capitalism, communism, socialism, etc. > Essentially all transactions are trades, whether it's > a) the employee who trades his time/effort for money (with > communism/socialism the gov't owns the enterprise.) > b) the exchange of money for a good or service > c) any barters > d) any other exchange you can think of... Not all transactions are trades. A highwayman can force a transaction ("Your money or your life"), but that isn't a trade. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
