why do we need money at all¨?

Answer 1

We dont need money as to say.... but we need something to transfer work... that is... you cant do everything.. so what you do.. you convert it to something... and use these credits to buy something else...

What we need is trade... whatever be the means of payement.

Answer 2

Well, we don't "need" money but we do "need" food which you could grow living in some area of a national park or someone's property as a long-bearded hermit w/ probably a foul stench as long as not chased off by local sheriffs or park rangers or join an Indian tribe on some reservation that doesn't promote gambling since that's reliant on money. Doesn't sound too great to me beyond 1 or 2 hours time but to everyone their own utopia.

Answer 3

In a matter of fact we dont need it at all - in some places I mean
For examples-
1.Could live In nature relying on your wits to survive and learn
2. Could become a monk/ Nun and live in a monistary.
3. You could die any day, week, month, year why would you need money then.
4. Think of all the suffering in desolate countries, they dont need to eaern money to live, they work to live, to survive and help other familys.
and 5. Could give it all away nowadays and get the council to help you in, rent, shopping, anything within reason.

Answer 4

I suppose that in theory we do not need money, but all but the most primitive societies have used it.

When Government provided money - notes and coins - has lost its value in modern times, for instance in Germany in 1923, people very rapidly invented a substitute, such as cigarettes, to use in effect as money as an informal means of valuing things.

We need to exchange goods and services in order to get the basic necessities of life as well as luxuries. It is not practicable to do straight swaps - barter - because in a complicated society the person who has what I want is unlikely to want what I have.

It is frequently claimed that money is the root of all evil. It enables undeserving people to become richer than others and it enables governments to exploit their subjects through taxation. However, these problems do not negate the practical necessity of money.

Answer 5

History often gives us the answers.

Bartering used to be a way in which people swapped food for services or other provisions, i.e. potatoes could be swapped for other vegetables, cleaning services could be provided for food and lodgings.

God gave us all individual talents and when we use those talents we get paid accordingly. Some talents are for personal use, not for gain, but there is usually a service/skill that we have to provide in trade for money, dependant upon the gauged value of each talent.

Therefore it is important we use our talents wisely and nurture them.

Answer 6

We need it, otherwise we wouldn't have invented it. Humans have the sense of property in them and I think socialism demonstrated very well that you cannot neglect this. The reason for it's failure was denying people's right to have properties. Since it's every man with his things instead of sharing the goods we produce, we are forced to trade, since we cannot fulfill all our needs by ourselves. Money is just a tool to make this trade easier.

Answer 7

Money gives us the freedom to do the things we really want to do. You can try doing this without money but you will have to do it as a beggar. Most of us are slaves to our employers and are worth a lot more than we are being paid.

Answer 8

Because the old system called barter was too inconvenient. To get what you needed you had to have something you were willing to part with, and it had to be something the other guy needed. Pretty darn hard to come up with the right combination.

Answer 9

Everything we need to survive costs money. Look at water rates !!

Answer 10

would you preffer if we got paid in charcoal bricketts...because money talks and poor people just sleep in boxes...or how bout your main source of transportation would be a shopping cart,try keeping warm in that during winter when your moving at the blistering rate of 3.2 miles per hour