Great article. What you say about all of this can be applied in an international context as well. Voluntary trade with other individuals - in peer-to-peer transactions or facilitating trades by bringing goods directly from the source to one's domestic consumer market - can be accomplished in basically the same manner as local trade. Imagine a world without government barriers and unnecessary secondary or tertiary markets increasing costs to the final consumers.
I'm actually working on acquiring capital for my new business where I deal directly with farmers in Central America. I bypass all of the middlemen, increasing profits for my producers and reducing my costs to remain competitive. I can deliver superior quality combined with lower prices, and consequently, maximize value for my customers.
I want to use Steemit as a way to help launch the business and also return some of the value I generate to the farming communities in order to lift them up as well. Voluntaryism - and capitalism - in action. Check it out and if you like it, please share it with your followers. I think this project can also deliver a lot of value to Steemit in the process:
https://steemit.com/anarchism/@ats-david/enriching-lives-through-the-power-of-steemit