The workers' nights of organising, educating, poetry and barter may be a thing of the past but the music - Afropop, folk, cabaret or indie depending on the room and the night - remains.

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Given that on average it takes only about two tons of alumina to produce one ton of aluminum, the barter deal may have left Iralco with more aluminum after processing the alumina than it supplied to Glencore.

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If you use business assets as part of your barter, you may have capital gains, ordinary gains and depreciation recapture to report.

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Before using a barter network, remember you may be exchanging assets today for future redemption.

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That, of course, will enable the Greek government to barter for softer terms in the hope that may sway the voters.

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Similarly, if you barter appreciated assets (like art, antiques and collectibles), you may have capital gains.

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Mr Woodruff may also not quite give Russian inflation its due in promoting barter.

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Ironically, the inventors of democracy may be the first to rediscover the moral foundations of money, as barter networks begin springing up across a demonetized Greece.

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