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Money was invented because barter was deemed impractical
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Is it true that money was invented because barter was deemed impractical?
Yes. Evidence shows that money arose to bypass the inefficiencies and impracticalities of barter, such as the double coincidence of wants.
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Wikipedia: Money. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money
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Wikipedia: Barter. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barter
Notes that a barter economy seems cumbersome and inefficient, prompting a move to money.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Philosophy of Money and Finance. (n.d.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/money-finance/
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