Barter System

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

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Barter, Sherry Wachter, Recession Fears, Bearing Witness 2.0, Bearing Witness, Barter System, Recession, Bartering, Business News

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

Read Whole Story

The Hanged Census Worker: Why Appalachia Hates Feds

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Moonbow, Civil War, Stockholder, Whiskey Rebellion, Newport, Marijuana, Feds, Barter System, Prohibition, Politics News
Gail McGowan Mellor

The U.S. government began its life back in 1791 by shafting the Appalachian area. People have not forgotten it, perhaps because it has yet to stop happening.

Read Post

Bartering To Build Your Savings Account

Tamara Conniff | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, U.S. Economy, Coupons, World War II, Barter System, Benefits of Yoga, Economy, Bartering, Great Depression, Living News
Tamara Conniff

It's a satisfying exchange when you give a skill in return for a skill. And, I'm saving money -- it's my personal 401K.

Read Post

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

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Secondhand, Consumerism, Consumption, Barter, Green News, Barcelona, Recession, Secondhand Shop, Shopping Tips, Secondhand Clothes, Vintage Shopping, Bartering, Global Economic Crisis, Global Recession, Trading, Barcelona Spain, Barter System, Living News
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."

Read Post

Recession Buster: Barter Classifieds On Craigslist

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

Read More: Barter Business, Barter System, New York, itex.com, Barter, New York City, Craigslist, Craigslist Barter, Craigslist.com, New York News

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...

Read Whole Story

Barter System Booms In Colorado

The Denver Post | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business

Read More: John Marcek, Economic Recesssion, U-Exchange.com, Denver Colorado, Eugene Sobczak, Barter System, Recession, Denver Post, Denver, Business News

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...

Read Whole Story