Mention three limitations of the barter system. - Vidyadip

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Mention three limitations of the barter system.

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The three limitations of the barter system are:

Lack of double coincidence of wants. It means, both the parties have to agree to sell and buy each others' commodities.
Valuations of all the goods cannot be done easily.
There are certain products which cannot be divided.

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