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How can trade be bad if you don__ make moneyeven when it__ good?_ inquired Gleed, reasonablyapplying the information Harrison had given him.Jeff__ big moon eyes went over him slowly thenturned to Harrison. __o he__ another bum off yourboat, eh? What__ he talking about?___oney,_ explained Harrison. __t__ stuff we use tosimplify trade. It__ printed stuff, like documentaryobs of various sizes.___hat tells me a lot,_ Jeff Baines observed. __ttells a crowd that has to make a printed record ofevery ob is not to be trusted _ because they don__even trust each other.
Eric Frank Russell The Great Explosion
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How can trade be bad if you don__ make moneyeven when it__ good?_ inquired Gleed, reasonablyapplying the information Harrison had given him.Jeff__ big moon eyes went over him slowly thenturned to Harrison. __o he__ another bum off yourboat, eh? What__ he talking about?___oney,_ explained Harrison. __t__ stuff we use tosimplify trade. It__ printed stuff, like documentaryobs of various sizes.___hat tells me a lot,_ Jeff Baines observed. __ttells a crowd that has to make a printed record ofevery ob is not to be trusted _ because they don__even trust each other.
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Eric Frank Russell

The Great Explosion

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