but the builder takes only 50 grain sacks to build me my house and since you cant stop him with overwhelming beaurocracy, were building affordable housing
Seems like a major hassle for the builder to have to lug home 50 sacks of grain, which they’ll then have to try and barter for something else. If only we had an abstract representation of value that’s portable and universally accepted…
“Here’s a place to live and some land. I just need 10 sacks of grain every harvest”
Isn’t that also bartering?
I’d argue that’s a debt-based transaction. You get the land now, but the payment is deferred to a later time when you have the means to pay it.
but the builder takes only 50 grain sacks to build me my house and since you cant stop him with overwhelming beaurocracy, were building affordable housing
Barter really doesn’t have anything to do with zoning or building code.
Seems like a major hassle for the builder to have to lug home 50 sacks of grain, which they’ll then have to try and barter for something else. If only we had an abstract representation of value that’s portable and universally accepted…