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A system of barter ans trade is still putting value on things.
If something is in short supply, the value of it is higher. If there is a lot of something the value is lower.
Basically you are making corn, or cocoa, or baskets, into a monetary unit.
Yes, the Feferal Reserve can't simply print up a bunch of bills or tighten the money supply at the whim of some Berkeley lady named Janet.
The Inca Empire was a patchwork of languages, cultures and peoples. The components of the empire were not all uniformly loyal, nor were the local cultures all fully integrated. The Inca empire as a whole had an economy based on exchange and taxation of luxury goods and labour. The following quote reflects a method of taxation: "For as is well known to all, not a single village of the highlands or the plains failed to pay the tribute levied on it by those who were in charge of these matters. There were even provinces where, when the natives alleged that they were unable to pay their tribute, the Inca ordered that each inhabitant should be obliged to turn in every four months a large quill full of live lice, which was the Inca's way of teaching and accustoming them to pay tribute".[SIZE=2][14][/SIZE]
I think you are enthralled with the idea of the United States becoming a large Estonia, Harrier.
Since it's very unlikely the rest of the world will adopt a 500 year old economic culture that was falling apart when the Spanish took over, how this would actually be a beneficial system for America in the 21st century is past magical thinking. It's closer to LSD hallucinations.
Go sleep it off and come back, rested and returned to your senses.
True. The Incas' economy fell due to the rampant breeding of Llamas by the Llama Feferal Reserve.
This gave me a good chuckle!!!!
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