money economy
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The tourism drought has depressed demand for local goods, affecting growers, herders and everyone else in the money economy — which has by now absorbed all of Khumbu.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2021
They operated largely outside of a money economy.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2016
The real problem is we are trying to control a modern fiat money economy with outdated gold standard mechanisms.
From Economist • Nov. 26, 2013
What is fascinating is how we fail to connect the real economy with the money economy.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2012
In a money economy those who have cash use it to pay their bills or settle their accounts.
From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott
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