What is the direct trading of one good or service for another?

Question

What is the direct trading of one good or service for another?

Answer 1

That's " barter"...nice idea in a small, friendly world...but not much help to 75% of the people of the world anymore. Really, would you go to dental school and fix my teeth if I gave you some fish that I caught? ... and how would you pay for school? cut the professors' lawn 7000 times? ...and how about the other 9000 students in the class?

There are some things to think about in that vein, though...would I pay Obama ten chickens for his opinion on anything?  would I pay McCain more? or less?   and what do you suppose Teddy Kennedy's surgery would have cost in , say...bottles of Scotch ?  or geeez!...do you think alimony payments could be in doughnuts ?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It is called "Barter".