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How soon till one of the top-10 largest multinationals take the next step and pay in scrip instead of money? Someone will probably jump in here and tell me thi
by TheRealDunkirk 8y ago
How soon till one of the top-10 largest multinationals take the next step and pay in scrip instead of money?
Someone will probably jump in here and tell me this is already happening in developing countries...
- gaius 8y agoone of the top-10 largest multinationals take the next step and pay in scrip instead of money You could argue that that’s what stock in a non-public company is already
- sangnoir 8y agoThis was common practice in Southern Africa for many decades now. Farm workers live in compounds owned by the farm owner (on the farm), buy goods from the farm shop at exorbitant prices, and educate their kids at the farm school. Because farms are remote, the "farm economy" is a closed environment with the farm owner controlling wages, rent, school fees and the price of groceries.
- pdfernhout 8y agoHappened in the USA too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_scrip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_scrip http://appalachianmagazine.com/2014/03/07/coal-mining-the-history-of-scrip/ http://appalachianmagazine.com/2014/03/07/coal-mining-the-hi...