Re: the beer economy

[healey@lerc.nasa.gov (jim healey)]

>On Mon, 17 Jul 1995, Michael Spiers wrote:
>> end caps.  How tight is the packaging band?  BTW, I've noticed beer is always
>> the way to go for payment!!!
>
>Speaking as an Anthropologist, here is a brief history on economic history:
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>1.  Barter  (I'll trade you two pigs for that cow)
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>2. Gold/jewels (I'll give you two diamonds for that pig)
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>3. Monetary (I'll give you three dollars for that pork chop)
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>The most advanced of all is the following:
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>4. Beer economy (I'll buy the beer if you fix my 5000TQ)
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Following this line of reasoning and some basic economics
the "good money" usually gets horded and the "bad money"
stays in circulation, which means someday it will take 68
cases of Ole Swillwaukee to get your oil changed.
That doesn't help.  We need to go to a beer standard.

jim h :-)

>I hope this has been of some help,
>
>Anthropologically yours, 
>Bob 
>
>Robert Phillips
>The University of Akron Sociology Department-------Akron, Ohio
>1987 Audi 4000S, 1.8L 4-cyl, FWD-----SOLO II D-Street Prepared 
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