The English economist William Stanley Jevons described a world tour during the 1880s by a French singer,

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The English economist William Stanley Jevons described a world tour during the 1880s by a French singer, Mademoiselle Zélie. One stop on the tour was a theater in the Society Islands, part of French Polynesia in the South Pacific. She performed for her usual fee, which was one-third of the receipts. This turned out to be 3 pigs, 23 turkeys, 44 chickens, 5,000 coconuts, and "considerable quantities of bananas, lemons, and oranges." She estimated that all of this would have had a value in France of 4,000 francs. According to Jevons, as Mademoiselle could not consume any considerable portion of the receipts herself, it became necessary in the meantime to feed the pigs and poultry with the fruit. Do the goods Mademoiselle Zélie received as payment fulfill the four functions of money described in this chapter? Briefly explain.
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Economics

ISBN: 978-0134106243

6th edition

Authors: R. Glenn Hubbard

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