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Barter, that is trade by the exchange of goods, was
known a long time ago. Money, as a mediating value, was

introduced to make trade easier.

Goods – money – goods. This was a great

discovery. The money facilitated the exchange or trade of
goods. However, the introduction of money was a mixed

blessing. On the one hand, it was positive as a means of

exchange. On the other, it was negative because it was
the source of many evils, pain, unhappiness, but also

happiness, power and delight.

With the rise of money, the man entered a period
when he lost sense of reality and humaneness. This was

the result of the introduction of money.

Money actually contains labor value, i.e. more

money, more labor. Yet the power of money caused a lot
of negative aspects. These negativities twisted the true

logic of the human development.

Marx, the founding father of communism, and his

followers tried to solve this issue. They thought money
should be eliminated. Eliminating money would eliminate

its negative aspect, but what about its advantage in the

trade of goods?
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