ABSTRACT
C theirs, y and z. Leaving aside the question of quantities traded, the types of goods would, after this first round, assume the following distribution:
villages: A B C T
(first stage) y The second round, designed to carry an amount of t, bowls, to
community B(and of yto T) already presents certain difficulties-not insurmountable yet symptomatic of the pressures accumulating within the system, and of its destiny. Under the given conditions, however, there is little choice. Village C is unlikely to accept z from B in exchange for I, since C already produces z; hence, B can only again offer y to C to acquire t, at that probably but part of the t in CS possession. In the same way T passes more t to C to obtain y. This done, the three-village chain is completed: goods from one terminus (A still excluded) appear at the other.
