Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years

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Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years

Now in paperback, the updated and expanded edition: David Graeberâ€™s â€œfresh .â€†.â€†. fascinating .â€†.â€†. thought-provoking .â€†.â€†. and exceedingly timelyâ€ (Financial Times) history of debtÂ

Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom: he shows that before there was money, there was debt. For more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems to buy and sell goodsâ€”that is, long before the invention of coins or cash. It is in this era, Graeber argues, that we also first encounter a society divided into debtors and creditors.

Graeber shows that arguments about debt and debt forgiveness have been at the center of political debates from Italy to China, as well as sparking innumerable insurrections. He also brilliantly demonstrates that the language of the ancient works of law and religion (words like â€œguilt,â€ â€œsin,â€ and â€œredemptionâ€) derive in large part from ancient debates about debt, and shape even our most basic ideas of right and wrong. We are still fighting these battles today without knowing it.

Country	USA
Author	David Graeber
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Updated, Expanded
EISBN	9781612194202
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Melville House
Manufacturer	Melville House
NumberOfPages	542
PublicationDate	2014-12-09
Publisher	Melville House
ReleaseDate	2014-12-09
Studio	Melville House

Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years

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