ever tried to buy a hammer from someone who only accepts salt... while you're holding wheat? if you can't find a "wheat-for-salt" match, the whole deal collapses that was the fatal flaw of bartering, the "double coincidence of wants" cool in theory, terrible in practice so
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ever tried to buy a hammer from someone who only accepts salt... while you're holding wheat? if you can't find a "wheat-for-salt" match, the whole deal collapses that was the fatal flaw of bartering, the "double coincidence of wants" cool in theory, terrible in practice so