Discussion Task: A Poor Man Shames Us All
Your thoughts and reactions? It is important to understand that many, many societies do not rely on cash for many of their people's needs. Labor... mutual aid... is a kind of currency that people have exchanged through reciprocal obligations since the beginning of time. It should not seem strange to Americans. An Amish barn-raising is not much different from a social and economic perspective. Similar systems exist in many of our neighborhoods on a smaller scale.