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Cheap international payments with Esperanto

Posted December 6, 2007 - 02:20 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance

Euro sculpture in Frankfurt

For as long as there has been international trade, there has been a need to make international payments. To show up in person with gold or silver coins risked both your life and your wealth. Centuries ago--at least as far back as the early days of the silk road--this problem was solved with informal financial networks--networks that still serve the same functions today.

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