I was informed of another internet direct bartering website start up, My Trade Cart, a couple of days ago. While I wasn’t able to access the site in any meaningful way (the login I created never worked), I did like one of the features described in the press release I received. My Trade Cart is […]
IRTA Says Barter Gives Relief to Depressed World Currencies
The current global recession has placed enormous financial pressure on every business sector, every level of government and virtually every individual on the planet. The prolonged economic downturn has tested peoples’ confidence in once-respected financial institutions and government-managed monetary systems. The recent proliferation of barter exchanges, community currency systems, online barter sites, government sponsored trade […]
Important Update on Examiner Article
I received word from Ron Whitney of IRTA recently that the article I reported on in the Examiner, the article reporting an attack on barter currencies, was not factually correct by any means. From Ron: Tyler: The slant of Mr. Shortgen’s article in the Examiner.com is incorrect. First, you need to read the revised article […]
Federal Government Trying to Outlaw Barter Currencies?
From examiner.com: The Federal government is trying to establish bartering private currency of any type as an illegal enterprise in a false interpretation of the court’s recent conviction of Liberty Dollar’s owner Bernard Von NotHaus. In a case where the government used conspiracy and counterfeit charges against NotHaus to establish that he intended to mint […]
Currency Poor Greece Sets Up Timebanks, Barter Markets, and Alternative Currencies
In the wake of the economic crisis in Greece that almost took down the EU’s currency system, Greeks are turning to barter and barter minded ideas to keep things flowing for themselves. The link below goes to a BBC report on barter in Greece. They disabled embedding or I’d just let you watch it here. […]
