Raghav Anand discusses some of the motivations behind corporate barter including the idea that surrogates, such as currencies including barter currencies, reduce the surplus value that makes voluntary trade efficient.
Back To Barter-The death of Surrogates :: AO
In transactions of value the existence of surrogates causes inefficiencies, which mar the process from extracting the [...]
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Back To Barter-The death of Surrogates
16-Feb-05Business Town offers Ten Ways to Avoid Spending Money Unnecessarily and number 7 is “Barter for services and products.”
Link found on this article at the excellent Business Opportunities Blog.
20 Money Saving Habits
03-Jan-0520 Money Saving Habits from The Motley Fool (a top personal finance site despite it’s silly sounding name) suggests that you “Try bartering….Think about what you can offer and what you can use.” That’s a good first step towards entering the world of barter. They have a few suggestions that may help with [...]
Networking through barter
12-Dec-04One of the advantages of barter is networking. When you need supplies for your business and head down to the office supply superstore to purchase those supplies from the retail clerk*, you have a nice easy transaction, but when it’s over all you have are the office supplies. If you barter with the [...]
