When the
economy tanks, writes Contributing Editor Greg Beato, it’s not just
dumbass comedies like Paul Blart: Mall Cop that do
surprisingly well. Open your newspaper’s business section, and amid
gloomy tales of foreclosures, credit crunches, and government
bailouts, you’ll see bullish reports on the booming, almost magical
world of barter. Who cares where the Dow’s at when fence builders
are exchanging their labor for Jet Skis and barter websites are
attracting new members faster than a Bernie Madoff investment
fund?
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