<DIV>Or do your mean barter for services and goods during the Soviet era? If you do, it was quite elaborate. <BR><BR><B><I>Chris Doss <lookoverhere1@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">You mean in the 1990s?<BR><BR>--- Jim Devine <JDEVINE03@GMAIL.COM>wrote:<BR><BR>> does anyone know about the issue of how substitutes<BR>> for money were<BR>> developed in the former Soviet Union when there was<BR>> a decrease in the<BR>> (official) money supply?<BR>> --<BR>> Jim Devine<BR>> "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go<BR>> your own way and let<BR>> people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.<BR>> <BR>> ___________________________________<BR>><BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk<BR>> <BR><BR><BR>Nu, zayats, pogodi!<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>__________________________________ <BR>Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 <BR>http://mail.yahoo.com<BR>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p>
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