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I did not write this little story but I should have. It illustrates one of the deeper causes of the endless quest for growth that underpins our modern consumer society. The story and adapted comments are from the book The Future of Money (pp. 50 - 53) by Bernard Lietar. The Eleventh Round Once upon a time, in a small village in the Outback, people used to barter for all their transactions. ...