Robinson 378: "People spoke of barter coming back, especially in rural areas, where one could almost believe in it. But not really; barter was always mostly an idea in the minds of economists, a fantasy history. And in the cities it didn't work at all. The pawnshop is the bartering site in cities."
> from Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future (2020)
> tagged with #capitalism, #city
> created May 29, 2025 at 10:29:51 AM
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