functions and types: money Flashcards
wealth
to have money
income
to make money
what is the difference between wealth and money
asset rich, cash poor: have majority of your cash invested
store of value
purchasing power
medium of exchange
accepted at stores
medium of exchange
accepted at stores
unit of account
price donomination
standard of deferred payment
debt denomination
why does USD fulfills good SOV
because it is a good currency more short run
example of not good SOV
holding onto cash for long time
SOV requires money to not
deteriorate
what is most important money function
MOE
MOE typically requires money to be
easy to carry, divisible, and easily standardized
is USD widely accepted as a means of payment
-more so using electronic system than cards because modernizing
-ther nations will use USD as means of payment
UOA
since modern economies only have one UOA this function normally reveals which asset serves as money
SDP
where money value comes from
-can use these assets to pay your debts
which of the four functions of money is drecitly undermined by rapid rates of inflation
SOV
in what sense might such money turn into hot poatato
spend ASAP like hot potato
are there any other functions also undermined indirectly? in particular what might you expect to happen after a currency turns into a hot potato
if you are a business in this situation is you will start accepting any form of money (like other nations money with better value or bitcoin
the dollar (MOE) eliminates what and promotes what
elimainates double coincadence of wants transaction req and thus promotes specialization
doubke coincadence of wants
suppose peopple specialize even in absence of a common MOE (with skills and prefrences)
problem of double coincadnece of wants
multilateral problem
optimistic
makret that requires investment of time and place to trace (money makes it easier to just sell these goods)
when is an asset said to be money
if it serves as a SOV, MOE, UOA and SDP