would reverting to a barter economy defeat the NWO?

[Thumper]

It would seem that by not having a universally accepted currency, things would be much harder to manipulate, yes?

:-P :-P

[rangergord]

No. Barter transactions are taxable.

[nohope187]

I wish it were that simple, but no. Even if it started out well, there's too many ways it could quickly sour. :-( :-?

[Thumper]

but they wouldn't be able to manipulate things to create hyper inflation, or tank the economy, right?