(November 20, 2015 at 10:18 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I heard once that diamons are not as rare as companies make them out to be, so they are really overpriced. Though I'm not sure about gold and silver. granted you can't east minerals or paper, but it's more convenient than carting animals and produce to the market. I'll trade you a goat for a barrel of corn. I'll give you three bushels of apples for a cow.
Heard? Of course they are not as rare as the industry makes them out to be. Jewelry stores are like holy houses of worship, 7-11s and reality TV, plentiful.
Humans are the only species to create a barter system. Before the first currency the money was food and clothing. I don't expect our social species to scrap bartering. I do however hate the global greed.
