How Much Barter Is Taking Place?
March 17th, 2009 · by Bob Meyer · 1 CommentWhat’s the number one question asked by journalists when writing a story about barter? They all want to know how much barter is taking place…guess what…nobody knows…
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September 14th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Cop out! You’re great Bob but I think a distinction needs to be made here between informal one-to-one barter deals and organized network bartering. In the latter yes it can be measured and the figure I have estimates it at approximately $8.25 billion. (IRTA) from 2004. The same report shows the average B.E.N. growing by about 5% yearly. Because of the economy I think it’s safe to assume that rate of growth has increased significantly in the last year or two.