double coincidence in a sentence
Examples
- Noted US economist Paul Samuelson was skeptical about the viability of countertrade as a marketing tool, claiming that " Unless a hungry tailor happens to find an undraped farmer, who has both food and a desire for a pair of pants, neither can make a trade " . ( This is called " double coincidence of wants " . ) But this is arguably too simplistic an interpretation of how markets operate in the real world.