I begged them. On bended knee. And they bought it. But boosters of barter barriers, like Becky Bailey, believe in battling the Better Barter Board. We're better at barter than anybody.
Barriers are our best bet to build better a brand of barter.
If a Bengali boy and a boy from Baraboo each build a basket, the Bengali basket brings a bigger bang for the buck than the Baraboo boy's basket, because in Baraboo a basket's a bargain basement bauble. Barriers bring balance. But a bit of bureaucracy beats a big brawl. The battle over the Better Barter Board is just beginning. There's another fairy tale in the news.