Beyond Money: Reclaiming Human Connection, Purpose, and Shared Abundance The Community Exchange System (CES), of which the Cape Town Talent Exchange is a part, is often described as an alternative economic platform—one that enables people to trade goods and services without using conventional money. But for many who participate in it, CES becomes something far more profound. […]
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Month: November 2025
How many ways are there to trade?
Most people think of money as something as universal and permanent as matter or energy. It is often said that “money is energy” — that without it, everything stops. We are told that without money, society would grind to a halt just as surely as a car without fuel. This belief is so deeply ingrained […]