Debt: The First 5,000 Years

Description

Economic history states that money replaced a bartering system, yet there isn't any evidence to support this axiom. Anthropologist Graeber presents a stunning reversal of this conventional wisdom. For more than 5,000 years, humans have used elaborate credit systems to buy and sell goods. Since the beginning of the agrarian empires, humans have been divided into debtors and creditors. Through time, virtual credit money was replaced by gold and the system as a whole went into decline. This fascinating history is told for the first time.

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General Fields

• ISBN : 9781933633862
• Publisher : Melville House Publishing
• Imprint : Melville House Publishing
• Publication date : July 2011
• Dimensions : 237mm X 158mm X 43mm
• Produced in : United States
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Pages : 540
• Dewey classification : 332.49
• Bind : Hardback
• Author : David Graeber