An almost anarchistic form of society is now completely compatible with industrialism and a high level of technical development. Freedom and organization can be reconciled. Cooperation will be by consent. The old systems of marketing will be transformed beyond recognition. In a barter economy, the seller exchanges the pig directly for a dozen chickens.
Payment is assured, but the process is terribly cumbersome.
In societies that are stable enough to issue currency and imbue it with value, money marks a great advance. The paper itself is worthless, except for the information it conveys. With money, the record is on paper, a primitive, inefficient, and vulnerable medium of communication. And a single, master record keeper, the government treasury, with a single, centralized printing press, has absolute power to determine value. Once it is established of a man, or a leader, or a nation's central banker, that his word is his bond, he can issue currency at will.