[lbo-talk] Barter economy in Greece

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Thu Jan 3 12:52:54 PST 2013



> The poor here pay sales tax, no?

Yeah, but not on pies, oil, jam, and second-hand clothes (unless that's really their business, which doesn't appear to be the case here).

Anyway, this is probably even less significant than changing banks to credit unions :-)

FWIW, NPR did this story over a year ago:

http://www.npr.org/2011/11/29/142908549/modern-greeks-return-to-ancient-system-of-barter

/jordan



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