Currency varies a lot as to what is useful. If we have a very severe collapse then the electronic cash or even dollars might be worthless. In such a case foreign cash maybe. This has happened around the world.

Another way to think of it is if you want to barter something what would you want? It can be that food is useful e.g. granola bars, chocolate bars, coffee... This is commodity money, others think that blankets or certain products are useful.

The thing is to think in your community what can you trade? Best is goodwill - and this means building community. Things like the Hudson Valley Current work as alternative currencies, but they also show relationships - money relations - in a way that is community building and reassuring.

This is quite related to me research - so I could write much more. But basically look in context and have some wealth in different ways - friendship and community and commodities not only US$ to rely on.


Edited by MarcusPetz (06/24/20 07:36 PM)