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What is Money?

⏱ 5 min read

Follow Priya through a busy Indian market — and discover why humans invented money, what makes it work, and why the rupee loses value over time.

Before you start

  • No prior knowledge needed
  • Meet Priya (learner) and Dadi (grandmother)
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The barter problem

Priya offers rice for shoes but the vendor wants wheat instead

Priya has rice. The shoemaker wants wheat. The trade fails.

Priya has rice but wants shoes. The shoemaker wants wheat, not rice. Without money, both people must want exactly what the other has — the double coincidence of wants.

Priya

I grew this rice — can I trade for shoes?

Vendor

Sorry beta, I need wheat for my family.