Day 585: Once More With Feeling

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1. Tara Li says:

   February 9, 2013 at 8:38 pm

   One important point to consider is that social good is not necessarily the same as good for the Powers That Be. A black or grey market acts as competition for the official economy. To some extent, I think the private trading done by the spacers at the flea markets acts as this, but not nearly on a large enough scale to be effective – though it has its own uses as well.

   Ultimately, there will never be a way to force all transactions to be recorded – direct face to face barter prevents that. We see this already to a fair extent in those using card-based government aid, where on that assistance buys things not for themselves, but to trade for something they cannot buy with the card.

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2. Tara Li says:

   February 10, 2013 at 1:55 am

   Just relistened to this podcast, and was struck by your mention of how your sister had done what she wanted to do – and I remembered your story of how she would hunt the one deer each year, as well as your time at sea.

   And I was reminded once again of Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem “Requiem”.

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