root@lemmy.wtf to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agois the barter system the peak of economics?message-squaremessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareis the barter system the peak of economics?root@lemmy.wtf to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square39linkfedilinkfile-text
you would actually need to contribute to receive, and you couldnt just move money around contributing nothing
minus-squareHapankaali@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoA gift-based economy does feature reciprocity, but it is very different from one based on bartering. In a gift economy it is implicit that those that lack the ability to contribute as much are also not expected to reciprocate to the same degree.
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoYeah I’m not saying it’s barter, but OP’s comment didn’t mention it at all so I thought it was important to talk about.
minus-squareartifex@piefed.socialcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoYep, I have a dramatic oversimplification problem. But it’s hard to describe 50,000+ years of economic proclivities in a tweet :)
A gift-based economy does feature reciprocity, but it is very different from one based on bartering. In a gift economy it is implicit that those that lack the ability to contribute as much are also not expected to reciprocate to the same degree.
Yeah I’m not saying it’s barter, but OP’s comment didn’t mention it at all so I thought it was important to talk about.
Yep, I have a dramatic oversimplification problem. But it’s hard to describe 50,000+ years of economic proclivities in a tweet :)