Saturday, October 25, 2008

WEALTH

Money is anything that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services.The main uses of money are as follows medium of exchange ,a unit of account ,and a store of value .There are different kinds of money .Eg Credit Money and Fiat Money etc.Fiat Money is any money whose value is determined by legal means ,rather than the strict availability of goods and services which are named on the representative note .Credit Money is any claim against a physical or legal person that can be used for the purchase of goods services . Credit money differs from Fiat money in two ways ,it is not payable on demand (although in the case of fiat money ).Demand payment is a purely symbolic act since all that can be demanded in other types of fiat currency .Money can be represented in different forms for example paper or coins.Money must be portable so that transactions could be carried easily.Eg if we were to use cows as money they will definitely refuse to go shopping or they would not fit in the purse.Or the ice will simply melt in our pockets so money has to be non perishable to avoid these kind of problems from occuring.

2 comments:

ash88_younging said...

according to what i have read, you take money very seriously and for someone who knows a lot about money i think it could have been better if you mention how money affects the society at large because at the end of the day people are the one who use the money otherwise i think you are doing a lot better with your vocabulary. try being less serious but make sure that what ever that you write makes sense.

Naledi Sosong said...

thats why we should value money...atleatst you have met the need of a man "money" all we are here for....