UNAIR NEWS – A student of Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Amalia Kusuma Dewi succeeded in becoming the best writer in an article competition titled Role of Technology Towards Indonesia 2045. The competition was a part of 2017 Annual International Forum On Economic Development and Public Policy by Ministry of Finance Indonesia.
The competition had three sub-topics, the traditional market , labor market , and digital economy. Amalia wrote about the digital economy on ” The Potential of Modern Barter: Lesson from The Past, Implemented at The Present Time, For The Better Economy in The Future” . Selection was started with the submission phase, then ten winners were announced and they were invited to Jakarta Convention Center to attend in some activities and conferences on Thursday-Friday, December 7-8.
“In this competition, I offered the idea of reusing the old trading system (barter, ed) with the assistance of technology development. So, the barriers that make people reluctant to choose barter can be resolved, “explained Amel.
Amel said that modern barter is simpler because it does not use intermediaries in forms of different currencies between countries. Therefore, the transaction is protected from the decreasing of value of money overtime . It was more flexible for the exchange of goods and services, even goods with services. The idea was inter-agency ( business or government ) or consumer to consumer .
“Here, I propose a special consumer to consumer barter with mobile media app. Actually similar Cryptocurrency used by Trade Credit which increases when giving goods or services to other users . Including the opposite, “added the woman born in Gresik, February 11, 1997.
Amel needed three days to work on it. She must finish it fast because it was during midterm exam (UTS) and after that she had to go to India for an apprenticeship.
Amel shared her tip that we should not follow many prestigious competitions as long as it fulfill our needs and goals. Moreover, we have to use our time to study, college, and thesis for the process. So, the time sacrificed will not be in vain. (*)
Author: Siti Nur Umami
Editor: Feri Fenoria
