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Reviewed on July 29, 2011
Debt has always been present in human society, according to Graeber (anthropology, Goldsmiths, Univ. of London; Towards an Anthropological Theory of Value). Here he lays out an absorbing history of how and why it has existed. He begins by debunking current beliefs that debt evolved from the bartering of products, followed by the use of money and then the advent of credit. Incorporating a wealth of historical and anthropolog...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
on onJuly 29, 2011 | LJXpress
Debt has always been present in human society, according to Graeber (anthropology, Goldsmiths, Univ. of London; Towards an Anthropological Theory of Value). Here he lays out an absorbing history of how and why it has existed. He begins by debunking current beliefs that debt evolved from the bartering of products, followed by the use of money and then the advent of credit. Incorporating a wealth of historical and anthropolog...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
