Barter

HuffPost Reader On Bartering: Recession Has "Changed The People In My Town"

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business


Can hard times bring communities together? Sherry Wachter of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, contacted HuffPost to bear witness to how she and her neighbors...

Barter Markets: Can Trading Beef for a Backpack Keep Consumption in Check?

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living


Kirsten Dirksen

One market devotee explained, "It's a way to give value to things. To leave money aside, even if just one day a year, and to encourage more the exchange."

Bartering For Health Care On The Rise

AP | TOM MURPHY | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business


Cash, check or a cord of wood for that doctor visit? As health care costs climb, old-fashioned bartering has seen brisk growth since the economy soure...

Recession Buster: Barter Classifieds On Craigslist

New York Times | SUSAN DOMINUS | Posted 08.14.2009 | New York


If you can teach guitar or chess, if you are very organized, if you have any talent in Web design or interior design, if you live in New York, there i...

Barter System Booms During Recession

The Denver Post | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business


Unemployed since November, Eugene Sobczak wanted nothing more than to aid another cash-strapped soul, gratis, when he read the online ad asking for he...

Free Funeral Barter: Craigslist Ad Offers Free Funeral In Exchange For Contractor Work

AP | Posted 04.11.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — A New York City funeral director is offering a deal to die for. Peter Dohanich put an ad on Craigslist seeking a reliable contractor...

Like Music and Oil. Perfect Together?

Mark Levine | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics


Mark Levine

Bringing artists to engage the peoples of countries that are often in tension with the United States (as are many OPEC nations) can increase international goodwill and ease geopolitical tensions.