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   From: anton.usenet@gmail.com   
      
   David Friedman kirjoitti:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Anton  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Which suggests that if the terms of trade really were as you and Eugene   
   >>> claim, it was probably a bribe by the Soviets to the Finns, in order to   
   >>> purchase political support.   
   >> Barter based trade also could be used as ideological propaganda.   
   >> Communism is after all pure socio-economic ideology.   
      
   > The issue isn't the barter,   
      
   In James' view it is, or sort of is, since he repeats as a parrot that   
   Finns were not getting real money in return.   
      
   > it's the terms of the barter--biased, by   
   > your accounts, in favor of Finland, apparently the weaker party.   
      
   Is barter based trade attractive to a capitalist market economy? No. How   
   do you make it attractive?   
      
   --   
   Anton   
      
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