{"id":13058,"date":"2024-02-20T10:43:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T07:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/what-is-medium-of-exchange-and-how-does-it-work\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T15:17:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T11:47:28","slug":"what-is-medium-of-exchange-and-how-does-it-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/en\/what-is-medium-of-exchange-and-how-does-it-work\/","title":{"rendered":"What is medium of exchange and how does it work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span 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ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/en\/what-is-medium-of-exchange-and-how-does-it-work\/#What_is_medium_of_exchange\" >What is medium of exchange?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/en\/what-is-medium-of-exchange-and-how-does-it-work\/#Barter_transactions_problems\" >Barter transactions problems<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/en\/what-is-medium-of-exchange-and-how-does-it-work\/#lack_of_conscience_of_scales\" >lack of conscience of scales<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/en\/what-is-medium-of-exchange-and-how-does-it-work\/#Time_mismatch_lack_of_conscious_of_timeframes\" >Time mismatch (lack of conscious of timeframes)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/en\/what-is-medium-of-exchange-and-how-does-it-work\/#Lack_of_conscious_of_location\" >Lack of conscious of location<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/en\/what-is-medium-of-exchange-and-how-does-it-work\/#How_does_a_medium_of_exchange_work\" >How does a medium of exchange work?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/en\/what-is-medium-of-exchange-and-how-does-it-work\/#Money_as_medium_of_exchange\" >Money as medium of exchange<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/en\/what-is-medium-of-exchange-and-how-does-it-work\/#Medium_of_exchange_features\" >Medium of exchange features<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/en\/what-is-medium-of-exchange-and-how-does-it-work\/#The_objectives_of_a_medium_of_exchange\" >The objectives of a medium of exchange<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/en\/what-is-medium-of-exchange-and-how-does-it-work\/#Alternative_currencies_as_a_medium_of_exchange\" >Alternative currencies as a medium of exchange<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/en\/what-is-medium-of-exchange-and-how-does-it-work\/#An_example_of_an_alternative_medium_of_exchange\" >An example of an alternative medium of exchange<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13058\" class=\"elementor elementor-13058 elementor-7064\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-503da37 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"503da37\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9db268c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9db268c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img 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https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Medium-of-exchange-\u0628\u0647-\u0645\u0639\u0646\u0627\u06cc-\u062a\u0628\u0627\u062f\u0644-\u0627\u0631\u0632\u0634-\u06cc\u0627-\u0648\u0633\u06cc\u0644\u0647-\u0645\u0628\u0627\u062f\u0644\u0647.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54be5a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"54be5a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1455549 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1455549\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Medium of exchange means exchange of value or means of exchange and is one of the main measures of money. In fact, the transaction of goods for goods is a direct transaction in which the seller gives his manufactured goods directly to the buyer and takes the manufactured goods of the buyer. Considering that the exchange of goods for goods is the only possible way to meet the needs in small communities, it can definitely help them to live according to the limited needs of these people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The exchange of goods for goods has always existed in human societies and is still seen in some situations. The problem of exchanging goods for goods is its impracticality. Only this exchange is done under special conditions. In such a way that both parties fully understand each other and coordinate their needs, time, scale, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Due to the problems of barter transactions such as scale incompatibility, time incompatibility and location incompatibility, humans needed a third product or an intermediary to carry out their transactions. Therefore, the concept of medium of exchange was used. In this article, I will discuss more about Medium of exchange and its features.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13058-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/podcast\/medium.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/podcast\/medium.mp3\">https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/podcast\/medium.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e85416b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e85416b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82b2483 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"82b2483\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"97966189669\"><script type=\"text\/JavaScript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aparat.com\/embed\/FHtqk?data%5Brnddiv%5D=97966189669&amp;data%5Bresponsive%5D=yes\"><\/script><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85b9f97 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"85b9f97\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-210fa16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"210fa16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_medium_of_exchange\"><\/span>What is medium of exchange?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Medium of exchange is an intermediary system or a tool that is used to facilitate the buying and selling of goods and services between parties. For a system to function as a medium of exchange, it must represent a measure of value. In addition, all parties to the transaction must accept that standard. In the modern economy, it is a medium of exchange.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Throughout history, gold has served as a medium of exchange and store of value. Medium of exchange is actually a portable tool that is used as an intermediary to facilitate the purchase and sale of goods between parties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In order for a currency to function as a medium of exchange, it must remain constant in value over time. If its value becomes unstable, it can no longer be called a medium of exchange.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55b9764 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"55b9764\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e7a8e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e7a8e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Read more: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"What does store of value mean?\" href=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/en\/what-does-store-of-value-mean\/\">What does Store of Value mean?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b762341 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b762341\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Barter_transactions_problems\"><\/span>Barter transactions problems<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As we said, the medium of exchange is actually the third goods or intermediaries that the buyer and seller need at the same time. However, the smaller the community, the more limited the needs of Friday people and the fewer the specialties. For example, consider a tailor in a small village. This tailor does all the work related to clothes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While in larger societies, needs expand and specializations increase. Imagine the previous example for a large city. So that a tailor is only an expert in sewing pants. The bigger the community, the bigger the market, and at the same time, the opportunity for more specializations and exchanges will increase. As a result of this expansion of the society and the increase of opportunities and exchanges, it will be more difficult to meet the needs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In general, it will be much easier to meet the needs in small communities than in large communities. In general, bartering creates three major problems for human society:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3d5b14 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f3d5b14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33b49f6 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"33b49f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M34.52 239.03L228.87 44.69c9.37-9.37 24.57-9.37 33.94 0l22.67 22.67c9.36 9.36 9.37 24.52.04 33.9L131.49 256l154.02 154.75c9.34 9.38 9.32 24.54-.04 33.9l-22.67 22.67c-9.37 9.37-24.57 9.37-33.94 0L34.52 272.97c-9.37-9.37-9.37-24.57 0-33.94z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Scale mismatch<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M34.52 239.03L228.87 44.69c9.37-9.37 24.57-9.37 33.94 0l22.67 22.67c9.36 9.36 9.37 24.52.04 33.9L131.49 256l154.02 154.75c9.34 9.38 9.32 24.54-.04 33.9l-22.67 22.67c-9.37 9.37-24.57 9.37-33.94 0L34.52 272.97c-9.37-9.37-9.37-24.57 0-33.94z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Time mismatch<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M34.52 239.03L228.87 44.69c9.37-9.37 24.57-9.37 33.94 0l22.67 22.67c9.36 9.36 9.37 24.52.04 33.9L131.49 256l154.02 154.75c9.34 9.38 9.32 24.54-.04 33.9l-22.67 22.67c-9.37 9.37-24.57 9.37-33.94 0L34.52 272.97c-9.37-9.37-9.37-24.57 0-33.94z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Spatial mismatch<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c154b5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1c154b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b50b8c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b50b8c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"lack_of_conscience_of_scales\"><\/span>lack of conscience of scales<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first problem caused by barter transactions is lack of conscience of scales. To better understand this problem, consider a farmer who produces onions and wants to buy a house. Now, this person can&#8217;t offer an onion to the owner of the property to buy a house. It is in this situation that the problem of scale mismatch occurs. Incomparability of comparisons means that the product produced by a person does not match the product he needs in terms of scale and it becomes impossible to do the transaction.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Time_mismatch_lack_of_conscious_of_timeframes\"><\/span>Time mismatch (lack of conscious of timeframes)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another problem of traditional barter transactions was lack of consciousness of timeframes. To better understand this problem, imagine that you are a producer of a perishable product and at the same time you intend to buy a durable product.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For example, you are an onion producer and you want to pay the owner for the amount of an onion property. But the owner of the property wants you 3 months to vacate and deliver the house. Meanwhile, your product, which is onion, will definitely spoil and rot in 3 months, when it is time to make the deal. As a result, this transaction cannot be done.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lack_of_conscious_of_location\"><\/span>Lack of conscious of location<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among other problems of barter transactions, we can point out lack of awareness of location. In the previous example, if you intend to buy a property near your onion farm, this transaction will not be possible due to the location mismatch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a result, barter transactions are not possible due to the existence of these three problems. These kinds of restrictions have brought human transactions to a standstill. Therefore, humans were forced to change their transactions from direct to indirect. For this purpose, he needed a third product or an intermediary to carry out transactions, which we refer to as Medium of exchange.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_a_medium_of_exchange_work\"><\/span>How does a medium of exchange work?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A traditional barter system only works when both parties to the transaction have the goods that each other needs. But for the medium of exchange to work, both parties must agree on the value of their goods. For example, consider a small community. Every person in this small society will not be able to do all the work and provide all their needs. As a result, it needs to exchange value.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For example, a farmer who produces onions should keep some of the onions for himself and sell the rest and buy other products he needs. As a result, he can meet his needs in the same way. As a result, he performs the desired value exchange by giving one product and taking another product. This process is called commodity exchange.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Therefore, the introduction of a medium of exchange allows more efficiency in the economy. It will also increase overall business activity. In addition to exchanging goods for goods, one or both parties can sell their product for a number of gold coins; Then use the obtained coins to buy the products they want.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1386f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d1386f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb640cc elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eb640cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/\u067e\u0648\u0644-\u0628\u0647-\u0639\u0646\u0648\u0627\u0646-Medium-of-exchange-1024x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11439\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/\u067e\u0648\u0644-\u0628\u0647-\u0639\u0646\u0648\u0627\u0646-Medium-of-exchange-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/\u067e\u0648\u0644-\u0628\u0647-\u0639\u0646\u0648\u0627\u0646-Medium-of-exchange-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/\u067e\u0648\u0644-\u0628\u0647-\u0639\u0646\u0648\u0627\u0646-Medium-of-exchange-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/\u067e\u0648\u0644-\u0628\u0647-\u0639\u0646\u0648\u0627\u0646-Medium-of-exchange-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/\u067e\u0648\u0644-\u0628\u0647-\u0639\u0646\u0648\u0627\u0646-Medium-of-exchange-670x335.jpg 670w, https:\/\/farhadsalimi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/\u067e\u0648\u0644-\u0628\u0647-\u0639\u0646\u0648\u0627\u0646-Medium-of-exchange.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea15ef0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ea15ef0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fdcb5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fdcb5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Money_as_medium_of_exchange\"><\/span>Money as medium of exchange<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over time, human beings came to the conclusion that it is better for this third and intermediary goods accepted by the buyer and seller to be a number of special goods or, in the best case, a special good. As a result, this is how money was invented. In fact, the first characteristic of money is the medium of exchange.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In another expression, it can be said that a commodity that is widely used in a society as a medium of exchange will be called money.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Medium_of_exchange_features\"><\/span>Medium of exchange features<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An effective medium of exchange has certain characteristics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Medium of exchange must have a constant value over time. Currencies as a medium of exchange have the feature of being exchangeable with other world currencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another feature of the medium of exchange is that it can be divided into smaller parts. In fact, a product that is introduced as a medium of exchange, such as currencies, can be divided into a number of smaller units so that they can be equal to the payment received for a specific service or a product.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Governments that are responsible for issuing currencies should consider these features. For example, they must ensure that the currency is widely available to the public, cannot be easily copied or duplicated, and is available in sufficient quantities when needed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some features of Medium of exchange may also apply to digital currencies such as Bitcoin. Of course, the extreme fluctuations of the digital currency market may prevent their widespread use as a medium of exchange.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_objectives_of_a_medium_of_exchange\"><\/span>The objectives of a medium of exchange<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As mentioned, the main purpose of a medium of exchange is to facilitate transactions between parties. An effective medium of exchange has a relatively stable value that is recognized and accepted by the parties to the transaction. This relative stability gives the currency, as a medium of exchange, another important purpose. Currency can be stored for a long time. The concepts of savings and investment evolved from the potential of currencies to serve in the long term as stores of value.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Alternative_currencies_as_a_medium_of_exchange\"><\/span>Alternative currencies as a medium of exchange<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alternative currencies have emerged over time during periods of economic stress to strengthen a currency or stimulate national trade. In 1907, bank failures caused widespread liquidity shortages. Meanwhile, companies had to issue corporate bonds and other forms of emergency currency to pay their workers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Workers can redeem these bonds for food and services. They can also hold it for future redemption once USD becomes available. Such informal money substitutes are little more than an IOU and depend on the reputation of the issuer for their acceptance as a form of payment.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"An_example_of_an_alternative_medium_of_exchange\"><\/span>An example of an alternative medium of exchange<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Across the United States, local currencies have sprung up with the primary goal of fostering economic growth and sustainability in a region. The best-known case of a thriving local currency is BerkShares, which launched in 2006 and is still accepted by about 350 businesses in the Berkshires of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The value of BerkShares is tied to the value of the dollar, but the notes are issued at a discount. BerkShares can be redeemed at participating bank branches (not three local bank branches) at a rate of 95 cents per US dollar.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f3412e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4f3412e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-607486b elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"607486b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1011\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1011\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What is a good medium of exchange?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1011\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1011\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A medium of exchange works when its value is instantly recognizable, stable and portable. It then fulfills its purpose as an intermediary for the exchange of goods or services between two parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1012\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1012\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What is a bad medium of exchange?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1012\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1012\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Out of control inflation, political instability and government mismanagement are reflected in the value and stability of a country&#8217;s currency. For example, the worst currency in the world right now, according to World Atlas, is the Venezuelan bolivar. Once a strong currency, hyperinflation has rendered the bolivar almost worthless as a medium of exchange for its citizens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1013\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1013\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What was the first medium of exchange?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1013\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1013\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first medium of exchange may have been a coin that was issued about 2600 years ago in Lydia, an ancient kingdom in what is now western Turkey. 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