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Why barter system become obssolete?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

The barter system became obsolete because of the problem of Double Coincidence of Wants. This means that for a transaction to take place both parties must require what the other party has to offer and be able to agree on the relative values of each others goods. If I have ten chickens and want a cow, I may not be able to find someone with a cow wanting to exchange it for ten chickens.

Society found that to be able to better fulfil our wants, another method of exchange was required, hence money was developed.

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