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Russian: Упаковочный лист

This word, the “barter” was perhaps the most popular in the first years of the post-communism Russian life. Under conditions of severe or even hyperinflation the domestic barter transactions were very popular if not the most popular transactions in Russia. Indeed, the most simple and, definitely, old of countertrade arrangements is barter which is often regarded as an old-fashioned means of exchange that was superseded because money is far more efficient [1]. After all, in a monetary system an apple grower who needs shoes simply has to find a cobbler. In a pure barter system the apple grower would have to find not just any cobbler but one who happened to want apples at that time. Thus in virtually all civilizations, except the Incas, money came to play an important role.


References

  1. Barter – Relevance and Relation to Money: Is barter still relevant in the modern world? // http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/barter.html
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