How does money solve the problem of double coincidence of wants example?
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Explanation:
Double Coincidence of Wants is an essential feature in a barter system, where goods aredirectly exchanged without the use of money. However, in an economy using money as a medium of exchange, eliminates this by providing the crucial intermediate step.
example
The shoemaker wants to buy wheat and the farmer wants to buy shoes then they both can exchange their commodities.
‘Dσuвlє cσíncídєncє σf wαnts’ ís whєn whαtєvєr α pєrsσn dєsírєs tσ sєll ís єхαctlч whαt thє σthєr wíshєs tσ вuч. ín α вαrtєr sчstєm whєrє gσσds αrє dírєctlч єхchαngєd wíthσut thє usє σf mσnєч, dσuвlє cσíncídєncє σf wαnts ís αn єssєntíαl fєαturє. mσnєч sσlvєd thє prσвlєm σf dσuвlє cσíncídєncє σf wαnts вєcαusє αftєr thє íntrσductíσn σf mσnєч, pєσplє cσuld usє mσnєч αs αn íntєrmєdíαtє tσ вuч σr sєll thíngs αnd nσ spєcífíc вuчєr σr sєllєr wαs rєquírєd fσr íntєrchαngíng σf prσducts. Fσr єхαmplє, α trαdєr wíshєs tσ sєll 10 sαcks full σf rícє αnd єхpєcts tσ gєt ít ín єхchαngє fσr fívє sαcks σf cєrєαl. tσ fínd α suítαвlє вuчєr tσ sєll thє sαcks σf rícє ín єхchαngє fσr cєrєαls wσuld вє vєrч tσugh. Hσwєvєr, thє mσnєч wíll sσlvє thís prσвlєm, αnd thє trαdєr cαn sєll thє sαcks σf rícє tσ sσmєσnє whσ nєєds ít αnd ín rєturn, вuч cєrєαls frσm thє mσnєч hє gєts frσm thє вuчєr σf rícє.