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No. A barter economy is less efficient than the current system. A barter system relies on individuals having a double coincidence of wants where each person wants the exact opposite thing that someone else is willing to sell at that particular time. So, people who needed certain things that weren't on the market were out of luck.

Also, the barter economy has a flaw in the indivisibility of products. This means certain large expensive items such as tractors were not able to be divided equally to make necessary exchanges for smaller ticket items.

The present money economy makes trade more efficient.

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