When Ukraine’s money collapsed in the 1990s, people didn’t just tighten their belts — they traded them. In this Dad Tangent, we dive into the hilarious and bizarre world of post-Soviet barter: workers paid in refrigerators and bricks, parents coming home with chickens instead of paychecks, and kids running candy-based economies on the schoolyard. It’s funny, it’s strange, and it shows how inventive people can be when cash stops working.

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