Hm, here in my local community this barter thing has not worked out. Too much logistics for too little help. We have switched to voluntary help.
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:23 PM, ornamentalmind <[email protected]>wrote: > “You have much more than your bank account says. You have your mind > and your hands.” > > You won’t likely see it headlining The Drudge Report, making its > rounds in talk radio, or featured for discussion on cable news panels, > but the October 1st New York Times story covering the emergence of a > barter, trade, and alternative currency economy in Greece is one of > the most important stories of our day. > > The Silver Circle Movie is a story about a band of rebels who vow to > take back their freedom amid the economic and political ruins of a > catastrophic monetary collapse, but our fictional movie’s predictions > for America’s not-so-distant future are the real world economic > realities in Greece right now, and the New York Times piece tells the > story of real-life rebels taking their future, their prosperity, and > their economic freedom back into their own hands, bucking the > Eurozone’s fiat monetary system in favor of providing real value in > exchange for real value: > > “The first time he bought eggs, milk and jam at an outdoor market > using not euros but an informal barter currency, Theodoros Mavridis, > an unemployed electrician, was thrilled. > > ‘I felt liberated, I felt free for the first time,” Mr. Mavridis said > in a recent interview at a cafe in this port city in central Greece. > “I instinctively reached into my pocket, but there was no need to.’ > > Mr. Mavridis is a co-founder of a growing network here in Volos that > uses a so-called Local Alternative Unit, or TEM in Greek, to exchange > goods and services — language classes, baby-sitting, computer support, > home-cooked meals — and to receive discounts at some local > businesses.”... > > for the rest of the article...(only a few paragraphs more), go to: > > http://silverunderground.com/2011/10/truly-revolutionary-greek-city-starts-rebel-barter-economy-and-alternative-currency/ > > for the original New York Times article of 10/1/11, to go: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/world/europe/in-greece-barter-networks-surge.html?pagewanted=all >
