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To: Secret Agent Man
People will barter (trade). They will trade whatever they have for whatever they need.

What happens if the person that has what you need doesn't need what you have?

16 posted on 01/05/2011 11:23:41 PM PST by Antonello (Oh my God, don't shoot the banana!)
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To: Antonello
What happens if the person that has what you need doesn't need what you have?

that is the purpose of money. that is what defines money. it is the good that has the most utility in barter. that's why gold and silver are money, will always be money.
17 posted on 01/05/2011 11:26:55 PM PST by dollarbull (why are paperbugs so bad at history?)
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To: Antonello

More than one thing could happen. The one guy could barter with someone else for soemthing he could trade to the other guy that he does need, just as one example.


55 posted on 01/06/2011 9:18:33 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Antonello

You bring a third person into the mix


83 posted on 01/06/2011 8:04:12 PM PST by Chickensoup (Protecting US interests ONLY if US interests move back into the States and give US citizens jobs.)
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