If Money was never created?

@payout (3794)
United States
August 6, 2008 4:28pm CST
I think if money was never created everything that was made would be given or asked for and it would be the choice of the owner. So lets say you came up with shirts and someone ask you can they have one it would be on you to make up your mind. should give it to the person or not. When you think about it the World has to have money people have to have money to make things work the right way. Without money everything will go loco lol. IF Money Was Never Created What Would you think the World will be LIke? IF you were in that situation of a person asking you for a product you created and it was up to you to give it to the person or not to give it to them at all. What would you have Done? DO you think the world needs money? and Why?
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13 responses
• United States
7 Aug 08
If money was never created you would be in for a big change. You wouldn't have a computer or a car. Without money now buisness would be able to mass market. Economy as you know it wouldn't exist and there would only be slight changes in production every year. There would never be a demand created for more complex items, (computer and car). No matter what people say money is one of the most revolutionary and important inventions of all time. Thank you for reading and good luck.
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• Australia
7 Aug 08
"There would never be a demand for complex items" as you say. What is wrong with that? Instead of sitting here communicating via a computer we would probably be sitting down and having a cuppa together. I think it's a good thing. We wouldn't have so many people feeling lonely, there would be more a sense of community than people hiding in their houses typing away on computers. Don't you think?
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@snowy22315 (170011)
• United States
6 Aug 08
I think that people will do bartering. That is what they did in the old days. You would provide a service and other people will come to you that need that service. It worked great in the old days. I think it could work well again. I know like doctors in the old days would be paid with like a bushel of apples and stuff like that.
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@payout (3794)
• United States
6 Aug 08
that doesn't sound bad either lol.. if your a farmer and you ask to a doctor to come and check up on your son or daughter. they would probably give him some farmer food and stuff for goods work.. :D well thanks for your responses.. :D
@yenwie84 (1344)
• Malaysia
7 Aug 08
Money is a great creation. I don't think we can live without money. Imagine if we don't have money,where can we get the materials to make up things and decide to give people or not. I don't think it can work in this way. Even when we do charity,we also need to buy things to donate or we donate the money. Of course,sometimes we may think money brings us a lot of problems. People will become greedy and materialistic because of money. But I think god is perfect. God makes us to have money. It all depends on how human use the money.
@sweetyethot (1737)
• China
7 Aug 08
if money was never created,the world is not the one in which we live,and definitely,i cannt respond to your discussion.Therefore,my opinion is that money has to be created sooner or later,coz bartering cannt match up with economy development..Of course we need money.It is believed that money cannt buy everything,but money is really useful.
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@sags2008 (127)
• Philippines
7 Aug 08
i think everyone will be thief people from this day... because many people need money to buy some food and there needs.
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@color210 (34)
• United States
7 Aug 08
Of course the world needs money. There was a time when money did not exsit, and people just bartered for everything, but what happens when you want something and the person who has that something doesn't want what you have? Or what happens if what you have is difficult to transport. Car makers can't walk about with a ton of cars behind them trying to get food to live. If we all lived off of bartering, then no one would have anything. This is just a silly discussion...and yet I felt the need to voice my opinion.
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• Philippines
7 Aug 08
If money was never invented, then you'll see businessmen roaming around the nations and across the globe with cows, carabaos, sheep, ivories, golds sacked in a bag with them, hoping to make trades with other businessmen. I'm picturing it now in my mind, and it's quite funny...
@ruby222 (4847)
7 Aug 08
Bartering is the answer here!and I for one am all for it,this afternoon I cut my mothers grass and trimmed her very large hedge,then scrubbed her yard out,now she too well knows that I wouldnt dream of taking a penny from her,but lol a lamb casserole?thats a different matter altogether!!the old fashioned bartering system has a lot going for it
• India
6 Aug 08
I think the world needs money,because if money has not been created as you said its upon the person's will to produce goods and as well to produce it of for others or not.Today every one wants money and for it they work hard too they try their level best put their extreme efforts in their work so that they can produce quality products which can earn more,you think if they don't have this money factor they work hard for it .What they will do try just to fed themselves and produce only those things which they need.In ancient times when their is no money people use barter system.In that they exchange goods but in that case some demerits are their like they don't have any proper prices.For one cloth one sheep or like,it is not fixed its dependable they put any amount of goods in exchange for a single thing.So money is a essential part of our world.It made the transactions easy and helped in growing our economy and technology.
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@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
7 Aug 08
Well, before we had coins as such, there was bartering - and tribes used beads as 'money'. I suppose there always has to be something to give in order to receive something else. I hate the way money has become an 'obsession'. I'm happy to have enough to live comfortably - but I don't want any more than that.
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• Philippines
7 Aug 08
Bartering would be the only way to exchange for something you want to have.
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@_sketch_ (5742)
• United States
6 Aug 08
If money was never created, things would be very different. There would be no mass production and no technology really at all. I think that humans need money cuz we are very barbarious. And even though money causes a lot of crime, I think that there would be a lot more problems without it.
• Australia
7 Aug 08
If money were never created i bet our society would be based on a pay with goods system. Whatever we make we exchange for something someone else makes. I think the world would be a very simple, happy place, with no greedy people. We would get down to basics. It would have cut the crime rate long ago. I think people would be happier because they are not trying to compete or keep up with other people.